Not a Candidate.—It seems that the report that

Colonel W. W. H. Davis would probably be a candidate

for Congress in this District, at the next election, was

premature, or at least he had nothing to do with giving

currency to the rumor—for in the last issue of the Demo-

crat it is officially contradicted, as follows :--” We are

authorized to state, upon the best authority, that the

statement which appeared in last week’s Intelligencer,

that Colonel Davis intends to be a candidate for Congress

next fall, is entirely without foundation.  There is no

civil office in the gift of the people he could accept, as he

intends to devote his whole time to the military service,

until this wicked rebellion is crushed.”  Other Democra-

tic aspirants in this county for Congressional honors will

be rejoiced to learn that Colonel Davis is out of the way. 

Politicians are already discussing the chances of success

of the several gentlemen who are likely to be candidates

for a nomination for this office.  The great difficulty at

present is, how to unite the Douglas and Breckinridge

factions of the party, so that there will be no future jar-

rings and jealousies among the leaders to stand in the

way of success.  Among the gentlemen spoken of as likely

to be candidates are Col. Franklin Vansant, Gen. Paul

Applebach, Nathan C. James, and Samuel Johnson Pax-

son.  But these were all decided Breckinridgers, and each

one of them may be more or less objectionable to the

Douglas faction, though the salve now copiously used by

the managers of the Doylestown Democrat may succeed

in uniting discordant elements so completely, that here-

after fire and water will not refuse to harmonize.  We

shall see.