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J" municipal institution ; does not give to it a tingle attribute of nationality ; that it has not an equal status with freedom; 1.1.... a" 1. 1- ' ana toat us extension is to oe discour aged. How shall we act between these opposing yiewt ? I answer the inquiry ! Our laboring classes deserve all the encouragement and protection we can give them ; Southern statesmen regard them as white slaves; let ua not surrender them to such meroies as the owners of chattel labor would ex tend to them. ' Our farmers and manufacturers have long been cut off from all the bounties of legislation By tho force of . South ern prejudice; we should enlist on their side. Our country has suffered much in the estimation of mankind, from our manifest attachment to a sys tem notoriously in counteraction to the principles upon which our Government was founded ; considerations of mor ality, expediency and consistency should incline ns to do all that we lawfully may do to savo ourselves from further imputations. Slavery within the States stands behind im pregnable defences, but it holds no charter to travel without restraint. It Baa long labored for, but has not yet reached a position of absolutism. It grasps for. empire, as it is the only means by which tyranny can ever save itself. Oar danger is imminent, but we can yet overcome it, if we allow reason rather than prejudice to shape our efforts. Democracy, as now inter preted by those loudest in the profes sion of it, and almost monopolizing its name, no longer means the will of the majority : it contemns the masses holds no association with labor, and ut ters no word of encouragement to the poor.- Its5 professions are impostures, and must' soon fail to deceive. It has become worse than the ally of slavery ; it is its pliant and prostituted tool. Wisdom and propriety alike repudiate h, unless speeany regenerated. Our true policy is that of resistance to the extravagant and unconstitutional demands of the South. We can only make it effectual in one way by the support of. Lincoln. . He is honest, and capable, and attached to the principles of the . Constitution; and his election will assign limits to sectional oligarchy, and make labor honorable and remune rative. The question, in its true aspect, is not as to which candidate should be eleoted by the people, it is this; shall lr. .Lincoln be elected ? The one bun dred and twenty electoral votes of the South will; be divided mainly, if not exclusively, between Air. liell and .air. Breckinridge, and their support will be almost, if not entirely, confined to that eetibn. Such affective force as Mr. Douglas may possess, is in the North ; but his most sanguine friends' admit not only that his election is impossible but that he cannot carry over two or three States. The body of the North ern vote will be given to Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Douglas' supporters can do nothing for him; the only significant result they can possibly produce, will be to withdraw enough strength from Mr. Lincoln to throw the election into the House. This done, and Lane would certainly bo chosen by the Senate the condition of parties in the House being such as to prevent a majority of tho States agreeing on either of the candi dates. Resting on these admissions for they are accepted universally we disoover that every vote given to Mr. Douglas must tend to the elevation of Lane, who possessing neither education, experience, nor executive ability, has! been selected to enable the South to . make the most out of an accident in case it shall occur. To out-Lane-Lane in apostacy to the North, and in crouch ing, fawning subserviency to the South, need not bo attempted by the most am bitious in that line not even by a Fed eral office-holder." Even if I could be lieve that the leopard could chance his spots, and Mr. Douglas do the North justice,.! would not sustain him under the circumstances which surround ns, and amid the perils which now envir on us. I have not attempted a speech. My purpose has been to talk plainly. may have been unfortunate in succeed ing too well in this respect. Reeling, as I do, and knowing the vast impor tance of the cadvass upon which we are just entering,. I could not be less distinct in ray expressions. Immense, inappreciable consequences depend up on the decision we are about to make. We should tremble when we fear that those most Interested in the present and the future, the frugal artisan and labor er, may fail to comprehend them. But let us hope, citizens, that wo are so farright as to be able to expect the favor of Almighty Qod throughout our trials, and that He will continue to bless the Republic- and it shall become a proper example to the nations of tho earth, and a blessing to universal man. Tiie Disconsolate Stephen. Our modern Japhet having failed to find his mother in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont or Connecticut, or. even amongst tho clam bods of Rhode Island,' has gone to Maine to re new his search. Then it is said, he will proceed to Virgini3,thcnce to his slave plantations in North Carolina and Lou isiana, and to homo to Illinois over slave soil, thus completely avoiding the neighborhood where bis mother is sup posed . to bo anxiously awaiting her hopeful soiv , . , u P. B." Lothrop. Mr. Phoenix Bans: Lothrop, of Detroit, has been nominated by the Democracy "of the First District, as a candidate for Con gress, lie ran four years ago for the same office, and was defeated by about a thousand votes. We predict that he will be defeated -at the coming election by a still greater majority' than that. , : Tiiat is So. The Washington cor respondent of the Nl Y. Journal of Commerce 6ays that "no one honestly claims the election of Douglas or Breck inridge by the people" THE CASS COUNTY REPUBLICAN. W. II. CAMPBELi. Editor & Proprietor. OFFICIAL PAPER QF THE COUNTY. DOWAGIAC: Thursday Morning, August 123, 1860. Republican National Nominations.; . FOR PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM 11I1E0LIJ, FO R VICE-PRESIDENT, HANNIBAL IIAIttl-IIV, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. . AT LARGE. IIEZEKIAII O. "WELLS, of Kalamazoo Co. RUFUS HOSMER, of Ingham Co. DISTRICTS. 1st Dist. GEORGE W. LEE, of Livingstoa Co. 2d Disk EDWIN DORSCH, of Monroe Co. 3d Dist P. HAYDEN, of Van Buren Co. 4th Dist A. COBURN, of Ontonagon Co. Republican State Nominations. FOR GOVERNOR. AUSTIN BLAIR, of Jackson. FOB LIEUT. GOVERNOR, JAMES BIRNEY, of Bay. FOR STATS TREASTRER, JOHN. OWEN, of Wayne. I-OS AUDITOR GENERAL, LANGFORD G. BERRY, Lenawee FOR 8ECRETART OP STATE, JAMES B. PORTER, of Allegan. FOR ATTORNET GENERAL, C1TARLES UPSON, of Branch. FOR C0VXISSI0NER Of TUB LAND OFFICE, SAMUEL S. LACEY, of Calhoun. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, J. M. GREGORY, of Washtenaw. FOR MEMBER OF TBI BOARD OF EDUCATION, EDWIN WILLETS, of Monroe. :o: FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS, 2d DISTRICT, FERNANDO C. BEAMAN, Of Lenawee County. REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. For Senator, GILMAN C. JONES. For Judge of Prolate, CLIFFO RD SHANAHAN. For Sheriff, BARTII W. SCHERMERHORN. For County Clerk, C II A RLE S G. LEWIS. For County Register, ARIEL E. PECK. For County Treasurer, IRA BROWNELL. For Prosecuting Attorney, ANDREW J. SMITH. For Circuit Court Com. CIIAS. W. CLISBEE. For County Surveyor, HARLOW O. BANKS. For Coroners, RUFUS K. CHARLES, EDWIN W. REYNOLDS. FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. The Republicans of the Representative District, composed of Marccllns, Volinia, Wayne, Silver Creek, Pokagon, LaGrange, Pena and Newburgh, in the County of Cass, are requested to meet ia convention by Delegates at the Wigwam in Dowa giac, on Saturday the 15th day of September 1860, to nominate a candidate for Representative in the State Legislature to be supported at the ensuing Election. '. By order of the Committee. Dated August 7th, 1360. Republican Mass Meetings. We aro requested by the Republican State Central Committee to publish tho following, appointments, and request the Republicans in the several localities to assist in their publicity: Det. Tri bune. At Pontiac, August 15tb, at 12 o'clock M. To be addressed bv Gov. S. P. Chase, Hon. R, R. Bcecher, Hon. "Wm. A. Howard, Hon. J. M. How ard, and others. At Ypsilanti. August 17th. To be addressed by the same and other eminent Republican orators. Gov. S. P. Chase, Hon. R. R. Beecher, Hon. Wm. A. Howard, Hon. is. r. Ur anger, lion. J. Al. Howard. At Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 4th. To be addressed by Gov. Wm. H. Seward, Hon. B. F. Wade, Sen tors Chandler. and BiDgham, lion. Wm. A. How ard, lion. Henry Waldron, Hon. F. W..Kellogi, Hon. D. C. Leach, Hon. Austin Blair, Hon. B. F. Granger, Hon. J. M. Howard, and others. At Lansing. Thursday, Sept. Cth I860, to be ad dressed by Gov. Wm. II. Seward, Hon. B. F. Wade, Senator Bingham, Hon. F. W. Kellogg, Hon. D. C. Leach, Hon. R. E. Trowbridge,. Hon. Austin Blair, and other prominent Republican speakers. At Kalamazoo, Saturday, Sept. 8th. to be ad dressed by Gov. Wm. H. Seward, Hon. B. F. Wade. Senator Chandler. Hon. F. W. Kellogg, Hon. Henry Waldron, Hon. Wm. A. Howard and others. ' - Onr Candidates. We present in another column, the proceedings of the Republican County Convention held at Cassapolis, on Thursday last. It will be noticed that the Convention was probably the larg est ever .held in tlijs county. Every town being represented by earnest, in telligent and honest Republicans, and its deliberations were conducted in perfect harmony and good feeling. The ticket nominated is a strong one, and is fully entitled to tho entire con fideaoe, and should rceiere the hearty and zealous support of every one who has the interest of our noblo cause at heart. Gilman C. Jones, our candidate for Senator in the State Legislature, is too well known throughout tho County to need one word of enconium from us. Having been a resident of this village for along series of years, where he has been actively engaged in business as a merchant, he has become thoroughly identified with the interests of this entire section ot country. ' As a scholar, a thorough gentleman, a profound bust ness man and finaucicr, and a genial neighbor, Mr. Jones has won both the love and admiration of all classes with idiom ha has come in contact. His financial abilities and general informa will make him a man of mark in the station he will be eleeted to fill. His ma me upon our county ticket is a tower strength and he will receive the largest majority ever given for any candidate in this eounty. ' In tho selection of Bakth W. Schermekhobn as our candidate for Sheriff, the Convention was exceeding ly fortunate. Air. benermernorn is a well-to-do farmer of the town of Silver Creek, a candid and courteous gentle man, and a man of undoubted honesty. DuriDg b'n residence in this County ho has been called upon several times by the people to fill stations of both honor and profit, and we believe that he has always discharged the various duties imposed upon him, with honor to him self - and profit to his constituents. Possessing high qualifications for the office to which he is nominated, and being a favorito with the people on ac count of. his known probity and strict honor, there is no doubt of his election by a triumphant majority. Judge Shanaiiiin was re-nominated for the office of Judge of Probate, and it . may safely be said that a better nomination, could scarcely have been made. Tho fact that Mr. Shanahan has now discharged the duties of the office for nearly twenty years, and we believe with entire satisfaction to all, shows without a word from us that he possesses superior qualifications for that place. It is a position which calls for the exercise of a carefully discriminat ing and impartial judgment, and stead ily attentive and prompt business habits qualities which .Judge Shanahan is known to possess in an eminent degree. His re-nomination is a just tribute to the faithfulness with which he has dis charged his official duties, and the ver diet of the people, " Well done, good and faithful servant," will be emphati cally expressed through the ballot-box. The worth and good qualities of our candidate for County Clerk, Charles G. Lewis, are testified in his re-nomi nation by acclamation. Mr.L. has ful filled the onerous duties of his office for the term now drawing to a close to the satisfaction of all, and has won friends from all classes by his high social and manly qualities, of head and heart. Mr. Lewis will be re-elected by an in creased majority. The re-nomination by acclamation of Ariel E. Peck, for the office of Regis ter, is conceded on all hands to be just tribute to a good and worthy man. The constant attendance to the duties of his office during the past four years, the affability toward all, and the wil lingness to confer favors, together with his great .accuracy in tho performance of the more immediate duties of the office, have made him a popular Regis ter. Of his re-election there can be no doubt. Ira Brownell, our nominee for County Treasurer, is a man with whom the people of Cass county may confi dently entrust their money. His integ ritv is unquestioned, and so is his ca pacity. Mr. Brownell is widely known as a strictly honest, accurate and com petent business man, and has ever been laitntul and efficient in the various trusts confided to his care. He will in every respect make an excellent offi cer. Andrew J. Smith was re-nominated for the office of Prosecuting Attorney The fact that Mr. Smith is now in tho third term of the office, and tho almost unanimity with which the Conven tion expressed its preference for him over other candidates, equally well known, attests the strong hold he has upon the confidence and good will of the people. Mr. Smith is a good Law yer, an indefatigable worker, accomo dating and exact in the performance of the duties of the office, though thought to be a little too severe sometimes. Charles W. Clisbee, for Circuit Court Commissioner, was tho almost unanimous choice of the Convention and is a safe and satisfactory nomina tion. In the term which he now fills Mr. Clisbee has won tho hearty good will of all classes of people. He is young man of good talent, pre-posses sing appearance and winning presence and is popular in all parts of the conn ty. A better nomination for this office ooald hardly have been made. Of Harlow O. Banks, our candi date for Surveyor, not having any per sonal acquaintance, we cannot speak but his frieuds and neighbors endorsed his fitness and his Republicanism. He will no doubt make a good and efficient officer. Our candidates for Coroners, though placed at the bottom of the ticket, aro by no means the least influential and popular men. They- are Rurus K. Charles and Edwin W. Reynolds both gentlemen and esteemed citizens and will add strength to the ticket, Such, in brief, are tho men selected by tho Republican County Cnnvention for our County officers for the ensuing term. .They are chosen from among our best citizens, and are all men of standing, character, and ability, men who will worthily fill tho places as sicrned to them. It now remains for Republicans throughout tho County to tcorJc. Our foes, however dormant they may appear, are vigilant, and will take every possible advantage which may be given themjby the indifferenco of Repub hcans. The campaign is open, and there is work to bo done to secure th success of the cause. Let every Ro publican be active in support of th whole ticket National, State an County to the end that- good may eorae. . 537" Some ono says that the design of Mr. Douglas in visiting Niagara lately, was to accustom himself to great falls. The Jurisdiction of the U. S. Supreme Court and the heresies of the Apostate, Democracy on the Subject. No. 3. -, In resuming this subject, wo again invite attention to tho following Reso lutions of the " Platform" of Douglas' factional Baltimore Convention : "Resolved. That the Democratic party will abide by the decision of the Supreme Court, over the institution ot slavery within the Territories." ; "Resolved. That it is in accordance with the Cincinnati platform, that dur ing the existence of Territorial Gov ernments the measure of restriction. whatever it may be, imposed by the Federal Constitution on the power of th lerrxtorxal legislature oyer the ubject of the domestic relations, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be fi nally DETERMINED BY THE SU PREME COURT of the United States, should be respected by all good citizens and ENFORCED with promptness and fidelity by Every Branch of the General Government. We remarked in our last number that tho first of these resolutions, was intended as a full and formal assurance to the Slave Power that Douglas and his faction, assent to the monstrous elaim that the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case, has decided that the Constitution makes slaves merely prop erty ; that it carries slavery into every Territory ; leaves neither Congress nor the people of a Territory any power to exclude it: that the prohibition of Territorial slavery embraced in the Missouri Compromise act" was there fore "void," as Douglas declared it to be in his Kansas and Nebraska acts; that persons with negro blood, cannot be citizens" or have any rights of citi zenship, &c, &c. Wo also remarked that the socond of these resolutions, was incorporated into the Platform, because some of the Douglas faction united with the Re publicans in denying. that tho Court did or oould legally embody any such dogmas in a decision in a case in which it decided at the very outset that it had no jurisdiction upon the .merits, and could therefore, do nothing more than dismiss the whole case ; and that this second resolution was adopted to pledge all such and Douglas himself in ad vance to enforce all such dogmas " by every branoh of the General Govern meat." By examining the terms of this last resolution, it will be seen that it admits upon its face that the Constitution does imposo some " measure ot restriction onthe powet of a Territorial Legisla ture on the subiect of tho domestia relations," and that the Federal Su promo uourt has already rendered a "decision" upon the subiect. This "decision" is, of course, nothing more or less than the pretended " Dred Scott decision" in the fullest extent claimed for it by the Slave Power. . Whilst, therefore, the former of tho resolutions in question, was intended as a pledge to the Slave Power that Douglas and his faction adopted the Southern version of. that so-called "decision," the second was adopted to silence all individual dissenters to this pledge, by compelling them to subscribe to the admissions which the second embodies. This, second resolution further pledg es Douglas and his party to enforce " by every department of the General Government" not only the decision re ferred to in the first, but any and every decision which may hereafter be ren dered by the 'same Court,, though it may deny to Territorial Legislatures all power whatever over " the domestic relations" -which include the relations of husband and wife, parent and child guardian and ward and master and apprentice as well as tho relation of master and slave. This second resolution, in fact, em bodies all contained in tho first, and a good deal more. The first was, there fore, unnecessary, except -for tho pur pose of doubly chaining Douglas and his faotion to the car-wheels of their conqueror and task master, the inexor able Slave Power. And as if to leave no doubt of. his own abject and un qualified submission to be thus chained Douglas specially , proclaims his sub mission in his letter acocpting his fac tionai nomination ! The fact that after all this, Douglas takes the stump and continues to prat about " my great doctrine of Popular Sovereignty," and of " the right of the people of a Territory to regulate their domestic relations in their own way," and "to docido for themselves whether they will admit or exclude slavery,' only proves him to bo a political swin dler by false pretences of remarkably tough and leathery "cheek.; We now see how and why it is that Douglas and his faction have adopted all tho heresies of which we have spoken; and particularly why ho and they aro now so strenuously inssiting upon that enormous heresy that th Federal Supremo Court has, by th Constitution, tho exclusive power to determine ; all questions which can be raised upon any of tho provisions of that instrument, all questions of slavery in the Territories included. We thus see why it is that he and his faction are so zealous in their efforts to vest that Court with the powers of absolute sovereignty J to place it above and beyond the power of Congress ; of State and Territorial legislatures and governments ; of the people '. of the Union themselves ; to make it in short, in and of itself the supreme, unchecked, irresponsible, absolutely despotic gov ernment of the whole country. It is all that the accursed institution of slave ry may ba assured of unlimited exten sion, constant protection and perpetual existence, as .a consideration for the elevation of Stephen A. Douglas, the most pestilent and unscrupulous dema gogue of modern times, to the chair of George Washington, and for a li cense of at least four years, to his ban dit cohorts to ravage for " spoils" in all the departments of tho . Federal Gov ernment We denounce all the dogmas of which we have spoken, as most perni cious and dangerous heresies. Hav ing ascertained the object of Douglas and his faction in adopting them, as well as the progressive steps of that adoption down to their embodyment in the Resolutions we have quoted, we are prepared to show that they are indeed, such heresies ; that even the last of those resolutions if " enforced by every branch of tho General Gov ernment", or by any branch of it, will leave every other of " the domes tic relations" in a territory' as fully as slavery, at the mercy not only of the Supreme Court but of legislatures of every State now or hereafter belonging to the Union, including Utah, with its " domestic relation" of brutish Poly qamv. inis we win uoin iuture num bers. . From the Hartford Press, Ang. 7. Stephen and his Anxlons Mother. Stephen was anxious to see his moth er, liis mother was anxious to see Stephen. The dutiful boy advertised in the public prints that he was on his way to 6ee his mother. He started from the city of New York to visit his mother, who resides in the western sec tion of New York State. He naturally came to New Haven, Guilford, and Hartford on his way, and at the latter place he was " betrayed into a speech." Still bent on the maternal pilgrimage, he goes towards Boston, attracted by a relative of his wife. It was a case of relative attraction. On his way, at Worcester, somo Judas "betrayed him into a speeoh. At Boston, be traved acain. Now, however, he started towards his mother. At Alba ny, seeking to pass through there as a private man, astonished attbemagnifi cent demonstration, the unexpected re ception (liko the one at Hartford) he was "betrayed ' into a speech, in which he doclared he was on his way to see his mother. From here the pilgrim soon reaches Saratoga. Here he lays aside politics, thinks of his long unseen mother whom he is about to visit, and sinks into the genial pleasures of the Dlace. Previous to this we ought to mention he was " betrayed" into speech. Full of thoughts of his moth er, he starts in a northeast direction and lands at Rutland, the home of his youth. Owing to the wholly unex peoted arnvalia that place, so hallowed, &c he well is " betrayed into a speech. Full of pent-up affection, ho can no longer restrain himself, but goes to' Bellows Falls. Amid the bel lowing of the populace and the sobs of Stephen, he is deceived, . deluded, imposed on in fact " betrayed into a speech. He flees to Ihe North, he labors at White River Junction. What a junction, what a conjunction in point of fact was there ! Stephen was " be trayed" into a speech. Cutting his fil ial stick in a southeast direction, he in forms us at Concord that he is visiting New England to look upon the grave of a relative. Sad Stephen, how skillfully his anxiety to see his mother is dis guised. This statement was made in the course of some extended remarks which, in point; of fact, "betrayed" iEneas into a speech at this place. At Manchester, at Nasua, at Providenoe still seeking the maternal embrace that still receded, he is still surprised and still " betrayed" but why repeat the sad details? ' ' : Stephen, Stephen,- who seems unable to cut his bread and cheese even, is next seen at a clam-bako at Roaky Point ; far, far from mother, relatives or graves, on this strictly private tour to see his mother, Stephen, we say, sinks the maternal for a season, and al lows one hundred and fifty bushels of baked clams and thirty-thousand peo ple to " betray" him into a speech a brief one of an hour and a half. Look at the map of New England. Where do you think Stephen is now ? Why, way down on the rocky end of Rhode Island, at Nowport, kicking up his truant heels by tho great ocean, as much as to say that, having traveled all over New England on the strength of her, he now don't care a " brass far thin' " for his maternal 1 And yet, by-and-by when he gets re cuperated and wants to start on anoth-s er tour, wo shall hear his low, sweet voico Tmingling: with the . roar of the surf down thore by the sounding sea, soiuy singing .Wake, and call me earlj ' - Gall me early, mother dear. . Significant. A Republican paper has just been started at Baltimore, called the Border State, which is con ducted with energy and spirit. Some years ago such a paper could not have been published there. Mutilating thh Records.- It has been ascertained that in nearly every County Clerk's office in Illinois, that number of tho State Register, contain ing Mr. Douglas' speech in which he pronounces the Missouri Compromise akin in sacrednesss to the Constitution, has been mutilated or destroyed. Cass County Convention. In pursuance - of tho call of tho County " Ceatral Committee, the dele gates chosen for that purpose, assem bled in County Convention, at Czssap olis, on Thursday, Aug. 16th, for the purpose of nominating candidates for tho various offices to be voted for by the people of Cass County at the next election. The Contention was called to order by C. W. Clisbee, Esq., chair man of tho County Committee when upon motion', J. G. Beeson Esq., was elected chairman and W. H. Campbell Secretary. On motion, Geo. Meacham, Emmons Buell and Franklin Brownell were ap pointed a Committee on Credentials. On motion, E. W. Reynolds, Silas Ireland and Wm. Russey were ap pointed a Committee on order pf Bus iness. The Convention then adjourned un til o'clock. At one o'clock the Convention re-as sembled, and was called to order by the Chair. Amotion was then made arid lost, that in order to accommodate the un precedented number of delegates pres ent, the Convention adjourn to the Republican Wigwam ; also one that the Chairman of each delegation an nounce the vote of their respective del egations. Tho Committee on Credentials re ported that there were 194 delegates present and entitled to seats in the con vention. ' On motion the report of the Commit tee was received and adopted. . On motion, the Convention then pro ceeded to an informal ballot for candidate for Senator, with the following result: Whole number of votes, . 181 . Gilman C. Jones, 164 Emmons Buell,. .10 Scattering, .8 Gilman C Jones having a majority of all the votes cast, was, upon motion of Emmons Buell, declared unanimous ly nominated. On motion the Convention proceed ed to an informal ballot for 'Judge of Probate as follows : Whole number of votes, Clifford Shanahan, James Sullivan, H. B. Dunning, 185 112 39 33 1 O. Custard, Un motion. (Jufford &h an ah an was declared unanimously nominated. The Convention then, on motion, prooeeded to an informal ballot for can didato for the office of Sheriff, with the following result : Whole number of votes, Barth W. Schermerhorn, Orrin Custard, . C. A. Hill, Scattering, ; 184 68 45 34 37 The Convention then prooeeded to a formal ballot. Whole number of votes, B. W. Schermerhorn, O. Custard, C. A. Hill, 180 100 38 35 7 Scattering, . Barth W. Schermerhorn having a majority of all tho votes cast was de clared duly nominated, and upon mo tion, his nomination was made unani mous. .' - An informal ballot was then taken for the office of Treasurer, with the followincr result : Whole number of votes, Jared Osborn, Ira Brownell, . - W. W. Peck, A. H. Long, 183 57 51 48 18 Scatenng, . 9 The Convention then proceeded to a formal ballot for Treasurer : Whole number of votes, ' 187 79 Ira Brownell, Jared Osborn. 59 W. W.'Peck, 38 Scattering, 11 Dr. Garwood then withdrew the name of W. W. Peck, and a second formal ballot was taken with the follow ing result : Whole number of votes, 176 Ira Brownell,. 121 Jared j Osborn, . 55 Tho nomination of Ira Brownell was then made unanimous, and upon mo tion, tho following gentlemen were nominated by Acclamation, there being no other candidates mentioned : For County Clerk Charles G; Lewis. For County Register Ariel E. Peck. Tho Convention then proceeded to ballot for Prosecuting Attorney with tho following result : Whole number of votes, ' ' 162 Andrew J. Smith, ' ' 82 Chas. W. Clisbee, : ' 67 Scattering, ' 13 The Convention then took a formal ballot : ; . f ' . ; ' Whole number of votes, 160 A. J. Smith, 06 C. W. Clisbee, . CO Scattering, . , . . . 4 A. J. Smith having a majority of all the votes .polled, .was, declared nomi nated, and his nomination was made unanimous. , Chas. W. Clisbee was then unani monsly nominated for ; Circuit Court Commissioner. A ballot was then taken for County Surveyor with the following result : Whole number of votes, 105 Harlow O. Banks. ' . 60 Amos Smith, 39 Mr. Banks having a majority; was declared nominated and his nomination, made unanimous.. , Rufas K. Charles and E. W. Rey nolds were then nominated by accla mation for the office of County Coro ners. On motion, Wm. H. Campbell, of Do wagiao, Joshua Lofland, of Cassap olis, Jas. M. Chapman, of Vandalia,' Edmund Sutton, of Mason, and Miltonr J. Gard, of Volinia, were appointed : the County Central Committee for the ensuing two years. There being no further bsmess be fore the Convention, G. C. Jones being loudly called for, appeared and made & fey appropriate remarks, thanking tho Convention for the honor conferred upon hhn, and elosfng by proposing three cheers for Lincoln and Hamlin, which were given with a hearty good will, and the Convention adjourned sine die. J. G. BEESON, Ch'n. Wm. H. Campbell, Sec'- . Frank Blair Elected for Both Terms. Itturn8 out that Frank Blair has been elected to Congress for both terms.' The St Louis Denxocrat says: We wero premature, it appears, m ; oonoeding the election of Barrett for the short term. By official accounts there are over too hundred Republican tickets which were polled for F. Blair for Congress," which he has not re-. ceived credit for so far, and which . gave him a majority over Barrett, of ! fifty or sixty votes. ' That he is enti-, tied to the votes both on the long and the short term, no doubt can be enter tained. The ticket on which bis namo -thus appears is beaded, " the Repub lican ticket, with the exception of the candidates for Coroner and Marshal." It will, therefore, we submit, bo tho duty of the proper authorities to give Mr. Blair what he is so obviously en titled to. Indeed we cannot imagine that Mr. Barrett, who affects to hold" the verdict of the - ballot box sacred,. however informal the voting may bavo been accomplished, would have the hardihood to claim the seat ior the ' short term, under he circumstances. The united footings of the short. term are as follows : ' , - For J. Richard Barrett - 12,675 For Francis P. Blair 12,534 For Blair 207-12,731 Actual majority for Blair CO These 207 votes were thrown out because they failed to state whether they were intended for the long or the short term, or for both. As each bal lot is numbered and every voter's name registered with tho number correspond--ing to his ballot, it is proposed to call these 207 voters up before the Court and ; ascertain how they intended to vote. Good legal authority says this can be done, and these votes recorded. This will give Blair his seat in the 30lh Congress, and give additional luster to the already brilliant victory. Glory enough for one day I : Still Anotheb Another of the old Fillmore organs of New York, the Addison Advertiser has come out for Lincoln. There are now less than . a dozen left. ' A Good Name fob rr. The Doug-. las Know-Nothing Ticket in New York is call the " Succotash Ticket" . MARRIED, Married on the 5th inst. in the town of Haear. Berrien Co., br the Her. A. Rowe. Mr. ENOCI1 RIDER of Silrer Creek Cass Co., to Mrs. MAR GARET CIIATTERSON, of the former place. - - Dowagiae Prices Current. CORRECTED KXKLT. Kkpitblicak OrricE, 1 . August 28, 1860. J " Flour 5.00 $6.00 per Lb!. Wheat 83c. for Red ; 95c. for White. ' Corn cob, 30c. shelled S3e. Oats 20c. per bushel. . Potatoes 20c. per busheL 'l Beans $1.00 per bushel.' " Hams 10 12c. per pound. BurrER ' 12c per pound. Chickens 7c per lb. Turkets 8c. perlb. - - Cheese 9 9c. per pound. Lars 12c. per pound. .. Indian Meal $1.00 per cwt. Hides green, 5c. 5c. per fi. ' Hides dry, 10c. 11c. per 5. . ' Pelts 20c 30c each. Apples Dried, 5c. per lb. ' : green 50c per busheL . ' Eggs 7c. per dozen. , . Salt fine, $2.00 per bbl.; coarse, $2.50; 20c. per sack. . ; " .!.".' The regular meetings of Dowagiae Lolre, No. 10, F. and A. M., are held at their Hall on the firbt Saturdaj before full moon of every month.- - P. D. BECKWITU, W. M S. Bowling, Scc't. 1. o. o. sr. w:ie,t The regular meetings of Dovragiao -ip,ijLodge No. 57, 1. O. O. F., are held at v their Hall on Thursday .eveoiag o each week, at 1 o'clock. Transient brethren it good standing are cordially invited to attend. HENRY KELLEY. N. . Noah Gould, Sec'y. IfJicliigaii Central Railroad PASSENGER TRAINS on the Michigan- Cen tral Railroad, on and after Monday, June 4th will leave Dowagiae as follows; . TRAINS EASTWARD. Day Express, - - 11:f3 A-. M Night Express, - -. - 12:20 A. M. TRAINS WESTWARD. Day Express, - - - . - 3:20 P. M.. Night Express, - - - - 8:20 A, M R. N. RICE, Gen'l. Snpt. POETRY OF PHYSIC. Let the sick to Herrick go, Who'd be ill, I'd like to know, ' Snch cures his Pills do make, Smiles, lovely smiles, shall deck the brow, V here gloominess is rampant now, " And hope anew shall wake. ESTIIOPE FOIl TIIE AFFLICTED.Sl Herrick's JPills And Kid Strengthening Plasters. Tills, per box, 25 cents ; Plasters, 1S cents. fHerrick's matchless Tills startle the peoph with their cures. This is the season to use them. Large boxes 25 cents 1 X boxes $1. See advertise ment on third page. mayl0-3m4 r