The Kanzas news., 1858-09-04
state Politics.
OHIO.

the Republican candidate for Congress II
the 7th District, composed of the counties
of Warren, Greene. Fayette, Clinton and
Madison.
Lucius Case is the Republican. and Mr.
s. 8 Cox (present incumbent) the Demo
cratic nominee from the 18th District, com
posed of the counties of Franklin, Picka-
way and Licking.
In the 10th District the Democrats have
unanimously renominated Mr. Miller
/ In the 4th District III. II. Nichols has
been nominated by the Republicans
In the 5th District, composed of the
| counties of Lucas, Wood. Fulton, Henry,
Williams, Defiance, Hancock. Van Vert,
Psulding and Putnam, James II. Ashley,
of Toledo. has been nominated by the Re
publicans. This District was represented
By Richard Mott, the Quaker (Republiean
of eourse) in the last Congress.
John Sherman has been unanimously re-
nominated by the Republicans of the 18th
! District.
INDIANA.
The Republicans of the 1st District have
determined to make no nomination for Con-
gress and to support Judge Hovey, the
Anti-Lecompton candidate, who runs against
VIM. J. Niblaek, the Administration can
didate.
In the 9th District Mr.. Colfax is the Re-
publican, and John c.. Walker the Demo
cratic nominee for Congress. Both Editors.
The Democratic Convention at Paoli
have renominated VIM. H. English, the au-
thor of the English Kansas bill. as can
didate from the Cd District.
The Democratic Convention of the 9th
District has nominated Martin Gray.
In the 9Th (Terre Haute) District John
G. Davis, one of the Democrats who per-
sistently opposed Lecompton, both senior
and junior, is running as an Independent
The Republicans pit no candidate against
him. He is opposed by Henry L. Secrest,
who pretends to be anti-Lecompton. but sup
ports Buchanan and the other chief hackers
of Lecompton.
| KENTUCKY.
Official election returns from 10 counties
give Revill, Democratic candidate for Gov
eInor, 48, 800, and his American opponent,
Mckee, 43, 792. As compared with the
vote in 1857. this is Democratic loss o.
GAG. Should Revill lose nothing in the 81
counties to be heard from, his majority will
be 11,7O5. The Congressional District
represented by James B. Clay gives Dem
ocratic majority of 28.
ARKANSAS.
Arkansas is so well satisfied with the
present Administration that no Opposition
organization any longer exists there. In
the 1st District T. C. Hindman is elected
without opposition; and in the Cd District
Albert Rust, the regular Democratic nomi-
nee, is said to be elected by large majori
ty over T. S. Drew, former Governor oi
the State, and Independent candidate.
MAINE.
| The Republicans of the 1st District have
nominated D. E. Somers in place of John
NJ. Wood.
| MISSOURI.
The National Democrats carried the en-
tire State for members of Congress. The
members elect are as follows: 1st District,
y. Richard Barrett; Cd, Thomas L. Ander-
son; Sd. John B. CLARK; 4th, James Craig
9Th, Samuel H. Woodson; 9th, John s.
Phelps; 7th, John W. NOEL.
NEW YORK.
! Gerritt Smith has been nominated by the
Abolitionists as candidate for Governor
The Nationals are making great calcula-
tons from this.
! J. F. Farnsworth is the Republican can
didate for reelection to Congress from the
ed District.
Tie canvass between Lincoln and Doug
las is absorbing all else. Lincoln ehalleng-
ed Douglas to stump the State together
Douglas would not accept; but designated
seren appointments of his own at which he
would be willing to meet Mr.. Lincoln
Lincoln accepted. Both these gentlemen
speak almost daily to large audiences, and
both being the representatives and expo
nents of the principles of their parties lends
an additional interest to the canvass Lin
coin has thus far proven himself more than
a match for Douglas, and the tide of popu-
lar opinion is setting strongly in his favor
The Chicago Press and Tribune says:
MARX the prediction before a month
elapses he will drive Douglas from the field
and compel him to confess defeat. The
miserable lodges and subterfuges of the
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