Salt Works

City Salt Mannfactnring Oompany is now 170 feetdeep, and the boring is progres&ing rapidly. The utmost confidence is feit in the success of the enterpme. The Portsmouth Company have made an nssessment of 2 per cent. on the capital stock, payable on or bcfore the lst day of September próximo. "We nre not inforrned as to the progresa they have made lately in the work of boring, bul presumo everyttiing is movmg to the eatisiaetion of allinterested. - Bay City Press, Aug. 18. %3L" Tho Cleveland Plaindcahr says: "Hon. David Tod bas just pnssed through town on bis way from a serios of lorious meeting?, and reports that nothing can exceed tho cnthusiaem ano: proinise in the eigns of the timet. In his opinión, after camparing notes with close calculators, Ohio will poll thiufall 400,000 votes; of w'kiuh will be for Douglas, 200,000; for Lincoln, 170.000; for Buil, 25.000; for Breckinridge, 5,000." SS" 'How will Alabama go?" is u question o are asktd by correspondente almost every day, suys the Sulma Sentincl. Why, there is no moro doubt about Alabama going for Dougfas and Jolmson tluui thero s of the election taking [ilnce . In 1856 there were 75,291 votes cast for Presideut, 4ö,739 (or Bucbaoan and '28,552 for Fillmore. As tho indications are now, Donglas will recoive 36.000, Bell 22,000, inridge about