The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-24

pa ,cr Is opp 70 iusioa. The election IL oeld o,
the wedLe~'ay sf'er the first Monday In November
Ths d. mocraSc convention will be beid At ID troi.
on the l4.h pr. o.ximo. The independent ticket no
nipated by fusi,>n convention at Jscksoa. is ~
foll0~s:---
For Cow rnor, Kinsiey 9, Bingham. For Leuenae.
Governor George A. Ce For secretary OF STATE, John
Auditor ienersi wine, % so,ws For commissoo-r ..
Land oAfce, seymour Tresds~ai For attorne. ,'sas
raj, Jscoo howard For eTe', neeo, - rae,a !.
stYpction Ira Hahew. For Bard " Elucatson ,hs X
Ksnogg- To i'll Vacancy, Hiram L. Miller
INDIANA
Senator Douglas is to address q uVs meeting at
Indianapolis on the 9th of September
The democrats Of the Madison cistric shave Dcmi
mated Cyrus L. Dunham for 70 e,ecuon to eongn Va.
We zee from the .Nddisoa C.urisr taAt thgt
branch Of tns democracy Of wbioh II is the organ
ere TO hold convention the 24ta instant Cor the
purpose Of making oomina alton Of their own.
rbe contest for Congress on the stump Ia Che
Terre Haute lSsveatb) district, has. it se.ms CON
menced--the candidates being Hon. John G. Davis
old line Nebraska dem,crst. and Harvey d. Scott,
INDEPENDENT.
FLORIDA.
The II II. L aac S~ayt his resigned his off . ~
IntencsDt Of ttc city OF Jacksonville. An e.ectoa
The wtjgs of HemltoD have nominated Joseph
r. Baddcck, formerly Of DuvM county, for repe.
sentative to tie rext General Assembly. Sylvester
B,ysp is tie wtig p.miDee for the Hou.e in Lev
county. DR.. jams 8. jones having decliacd tn
the democratic domination for the State Sesate iu
Columbia county, William II Cc<be, Esq. has becn
nominate 6 to supply his place. The whig nominee
il Col. A. j. T. Wright Ex-Governor Brown Il
eere ally recognized ss Mr. Maxwsll's Opponent
TIE rvsl car didates viii stump the State tcget ,er
c6nmeDciig 1t ST.. Augustine the 18th inst.
tlast Saturday, and ending vt Pensacola on Satur
day, Sept. .3o-two days before che election.
LOUISIANA.
A correspondent OF the New Orleans Picayune,
writing from Pass Christian, says
We had an election here day or sSo since for town
ocers the result Of vi ch ba. Know Noshiags
elected every msu on Their ticket don't know any
thing about this order, nor DO know It's memoers
This IL the news as given I" me There was an election
No,h;nc 1o Uo eyer, vote bat SO me other c,n
cate fnoss some hng-that is who didat vote for him
and most proba iy who old, am informed that these
mys erous people are plenty all aisny the coast lsios
;be Bay and the Pass learn 'uev are ut Mississippi
city, Biloxi and Ocean Springs In considerable force
TEXAS.
At Galveston, on the 7th instant the people Of
Texss voted on the question of " Ic-nse" or " DO
license for the sale Of liquors. and far ssosr
tanned, the no liceDce party have large majority.
The city Of Galveston voted aga nst license aud Ia
favor Of majority of the Know Nothing candidates
for local Offices.
Albert Rust and A. B. Greenwood, the demo
attic candidates for Congress, are both ele;ted
by small majorities. They are both Nebraska men
KENTUCKY.
p. II. Peckham (whig) is announced as q candi
date for Congress In the lst (Boyd's) district.
A lage democratic meeting WAS held in Louis
vile this evening, ct which resolutions were passed
expressing dsapprobatioo Of the Know Not sing
organization. Colonel Caldwell delivered forcible
speech In opposition to the Know Nothings
Some disturbance was expected, bat all passed on
quietly.
Tho Democratic State Convention will be held on
the goth OF September. The election will be held
on tie Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Dr.. John Evans Is an independent democratic can
didatc for Congress in the second district
Hon. Joshua r. GdGiDgs Il announced to make q
number of speectes in Illinois, in September.
The fol'owiny is the frst clea, statement we
have seen relative to the Ssate Of the new Lezis
)ature:--
Democrat Be.son. Wing
House Of Representative. 81 60
The st. Louis Rspu6,ican. speaking Of the Wash
inaton rumor that Benton was going nome to en-
desvor to get into the Sena e, says:-
We do not suppose Mr. Berton gave any coune.
nance to SUCH AN asse rtou lie has bsen stumpei BY
nf Re s~l.f hn
ID and II would he tke height of folly for him to come
h.re in The capacity Of reversing decrse ~hich has
gone 80 tremepdou.ly sgsnst him. To taIs about
sassps the for election 10 the senate,
he cannot by any possibility comDabd tnirt Of the
votes in the Lsgiss'ure, IL 10 exhibit we kness Of
which Mr. Bsoton cannot be guilty. Ths reporter IL
quzziug the noolitc cn,sts OF the Northern States.
WISCONSIN.
The Lnderendent Republican Ia the name Of . new
anti-Dcug.ss paper. 1t s published by W. G.
Rogers 4 Co.
A Republican Congress oral Nominating Conven
ticn to be held the Firt district At Rochester,
Racine county, eeptember 6.
In the Second district. ono Is called to meet a.
Mineral Poiat, September Is; and In ths raiid;
district another will be held at Waupan, Dodge
county, Sep. 20.
Both OF the candidates for Judge Of Jefferson.
Dane and Sauk cou,t,es--Mcssrs. Collins and Hood
run independent Of party. Que Is whig and the
other democrat.
IOWA.
Our advices from Iowa nnounce that the whs
ticket has been successful throughout the State
James w. iGes u elected Governor, sod r. L. B.
Clark aud James Thoringson Representatives in the
next Congress. The democrats have also been de-
feased In the Legislature 30 70 enable their oppo
pcpss to esst United states Senator in the plaos
Of the Hon. A. c. Dodge, whose term Of service
viii expire In March next. There isSsome talk o.
el citing Fisz Henry Warren, formerly Fint Assist
ant Postmaster General, u1der Gen. Taylor and Mr.
Fillmo Q, - al this seat.
correspondent Of tire Springfield republican
furnishes come fscts respecting James W. Grimes
recently elected Governor Of Iowa, from which VIC
cops the following sfatement:-
Mr. Grimes y now about forty years old. He was sdu
Gated at Dxrnouth Coere, and stndted law In the omos
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