Named Entity Results, George Douglas

the constitution, to open the certificates of election in the presence of the two Houses; and I now proceed to the performance of that duty. Vice President Breckinridge then opened the package containing the electoral vote of Maine, and handed it to the tellers, when the certificate thereof was read, the Secretary of the Senate making a note thereof. The electoral votes of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, and New York were similarly disposed of. Senator Douglas suggested, and no objection was made, that the formal part of the certificates, and the names of the electors, be omitted from the reading. The reading of the vote of South Carolina was productive of good-humored excitement. The reading of all the electoral votes having been completed, the tellers reported the result: Whereupon the Vice President, rising, said: Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, having received a majority of the whole number of electoral votes, is duly elected Pr

Doc. 78.-where Gen. Scott stands. In the course of a speech delivered in Ohio Senator Douglas said: Gentlemen, I have been requested by so many different ones to make a statement in response to the inquiries that are propounded to me, that I do so as a matter of justice to an eminent patriot. I have been asked whether there is any truth in the rumor that Gen. Scott was about to retire from the American army. It is almost profanity to ask that question. (Good, good, and three cheers for Gen. Scott.) I saw him only last Saturday. He was at his desk, pen in hand, writing his orders for the defence and safety of the American Capital. (Cheers.) Walking down the street, I met a distinguished gentleman, a member of the Virginia Convention, whom I knew personally, and had a few minutes' conversation with him. He told me that he had just had an interview with Lieut.-Gen. Scott; that he was chairman of the committee appointed by the Virginia Convention to wait upon Gen. Scot

e; and we might as well meet it at the threshold. (Cheers.) Suppose Rhode Island should want to go. We could afford to keep that State for a clam bed, but we could never allow another flag to wave over it than the Stars and Stripes. (Cheers.) So we could afford to keep Louisiana for alligators, but no other flag but ours should wave over it. (Cheers.) If the blood of thousands upon thousands were needed to seal the issue, with bowed heads we could only say, Thy will, O God, be done. George Douglas, Esq., (who gave $1,000 to the Society,) said he believed Providence had appointed General Scott to be the leader of our forces in this second war for liberty, as He had General Washington in the first. Dr. S. H. Tyng next addressed the meeting: Never were a people brought together to main. tain dearer rights or more imperilled and important interests than those involved in the present contest. He could not take a pirate's hand, who was going to secure a prize of twenty dollars a he

Doc. 204 1/2.-speech of Senator Douglas. His last words for the Union. Senator Douglas and wife reached Chicago, Ill., on their return from Washington, on the evening of the 1st day of May, anSenator Douglas and wife reached Chicago, Ill., on their return from Washington, on the evening of the 1st day of May, and were met at the depot by an immense assemblage of citizens of all parties, who insisted on escorting Mr. Douglas in procession to the great Wigwam, which was already packed with ten thousand personMr. Douglas in procession to the great Wigwam, which was already packed with ten thousand persons. Room having been made for the admission of Mr. Douglas, he was addressed by Thomas B. Bryan, in behalf of Chicago. Mr. Douglas replied: Mr. Chairman:--I thank you for the kind terms in which Mr. Douglas, he was addressed by Thomas B. Bryan, in behalf of Chicago. Mr. Douglas replied: Mr. Chairman:--I thank you for the kind terms in which you have been pleased to welcome me. I thank the Committee and citizens of Chicago for this grand and imposing reception. I beg you to believe that I will not do you nor myself the injustice to beliMr. Douglas replied: Mr. Chairman:--I thank you for the kind terms in which you have been pleased to welcome me. I thank the Committee and citizens of Chicago for this grand and imposing reception. I beg you to believe that I will not do you nor myself the injustice to believe this magnificent ovation is personal homage to myself. I rejoice to know that it expresses your devotion to the Constitution, the Union, and the flag of our country. (Cheers.) I will not con

that the Devil knows very well what he is about: "Suppose Rhode Island should want to go. We could afford to keep that State for a clambed, but we could never allow any other flag to wave over it than the Stars and Stripes. [Cheers.] So we could afford to keep Louisiana for alligators, but no other flag but ours should wave over it. [Cheers.] It the blood of thousands upon thousands were needed to seal the issue, with bowed heads we could only say, Thy will, O God, be done. "George Douglas, Esq., who gave $1000 to the Society, said he believed Providence had appointed Gen. Scott to be the leader of our forces in this second war for liberty, as He had Gen. Washington in the first. "Dr. S. A. Tyng next addressed the meeting. Never were a people brought together to maintain dearer rights or more important interests than these involved in the present contest. He could not take a pirate's hand, who were going out to secure a prize of twenty dollars a head for every man h

perate in the Kanawha Valley. E. C. Mackintosh, Esq., who formerly occupied the post of British Consul in the City of Mexico, died at his residence in Tacubaya on the 7th of May. The authorities of New Orleans have appropriated $200,000 for the $50,000 for the support of indigent families of volunteers. A man named Marcum has been arrested in Knoxville, Tenn., for shooting and wounding a soldier named Arehart. The dwelling of Henry L. Sheelor, near Pearisburg, Va., was consumed by fire on the 14th inst. Patrick Nuttles, a police officer, was stabbed and killed in Cincinnati on Monday night, by Attie Hughes, whom he was taking to jail. Capt. Emmett McDonald, who was taken prisoner at St. Louis, was discharged at Springfield, Ill., on technical grounds. Hoffman & Gelpecke, bankers in Chicago, have suspended. The Medina Bank of New York has gone under. Loss $100,000. It is stated that O. H. Browning will succeed Douglas in the U. S. Senate.

California cotton. --The tule lands lying along the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, when properly reclaimed, are capable of producing as handsome cotton as the plantations of Louisiana or Texas. For a number of years past, we have had exhibited to us handsome bolls from ranches just below Sacramento, and we are assured that large and fine crops will be raised when labor becomes cheaper than it is now. On Middle River Ranch, some thirty miles below Stockton, Mr. George Douglas, manager for Samuel Brannan, owner of the property, planted in May last some seeds of cotton, which promise to yield a rich return. The seed was put into the ground in the month of May last, and from a single stalk, the branches now spread out some five feet in diameter. The boils are large and healthy, and the crop will be fit for picking in November next. Even at the present high price of labor, it is questionable whether the culture of cotton on an extensive scale, in these swamp grounds, would not

Notice --Pursuant to a decree of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Western Division of Virginia, I will proceed to sell to the highest bidder, at Abingdon, on the 28th day of December, 1863, in parcels of from one to two thousand acres, a large body of land, lying chiefly on the White Top and Iron mountains, sequestrated as the property of George Douglas, William Douglas, and H D Cruger and wife. Plats of the land may be seen at the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Washington county. Terms.--Three equal instalments, the purchaser giving bond and security, with interest from date; or cash, at the option of the purchaser. John W Johnston, Receiver no 20--4w

len from the office of the Commissary General, located on Main, between 9th and 10th streets. Yesterday a young man, named Richard L. Bohannon, was before the Mayor, charged with committing the crime. He was, after an examination of witnesses, sent on to the Hustings Court for trial. Bohannon is but a few degrees above an idiot in mental capacity, and it is very doubtful whether he is capable of understanding the nature of the offence which he has been guilty of. William, slave of George Douglas, was committed to prison to answer the charge before the Hustings Court of entering the store-house of John O'Neill, some time since, and stealing therefrom five kegs of lard. Henry Temple, a negro, charged with stabbing and cutting, sometime since, an unknown man, and whose case has been continued a half dozen times in order to find out who the wounded party is, was yesterday discharged. Henry Salmon, a boy of mixed blood, hailing from Petersburg, was brought up on the charge