Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-31


PoLTICAL INTELLIGENoE,-The following
summary we clip from the New York Her.
aid. of Dec. 9th:
FLoRIDA.-The Legislature of Florida as
sembled at Tallahassee on the 22d ult. John
Finlayson, of Jefferson, was elected Presi-
dent the Senate, and J. ID. Gailbraith, OF
Leon, Speaker Of the House. Gov. Perry's
message discourages idea of re-openng the
slave trade and favors the removal of the re-
naming Seminoles from Florida soil.
DAKorA-The inhabitants of Dakota, in
anticipation of receiving Territorial organi-
zation from Congress this winter, have cleo
ted w. w. Kingsbury as a delegate to Con-
gress.
KENTUCKY STATE CONVENTIONS Demo
cratic State Convention of Kentucky will be
held at Frankfort on the Sth ofJanuary next.
Nominations are to be made for Governor,
Lieut.. Governor and other State officers.
DINNER TO Mr.. GDDTNGs.-Forty or fifty
gentlemen sat down to a complimentary din
ner in Boston, on the lst inst, in honor of the
Hon. Joshua r. Giddings, the veteran repre-
sentative of the Ashtabula district in Ohio.
Senator Wilson presided After due atten-
tion had been paid to the dinner, Mr.. Wilson
introduced the guest of the evening in brief
and appropriate speech. Mr.. Gddings was
enthusiastically greeted and although evil
IDENTIFY suffering under a severe indispositicn
from a cold, he nevertheless made very in
tercsting and eloquent address. lie was in
terrupted by fit of coughing but after
wards resumed his remarks, giving graphic
and thrilling account of the contest for the
Speakership in the Thirty fourth Congress,
ending in the election of Mr. Banks. Gov.
Banks, Hon. Linus b. Comins, Hon. Charles
Francis Adams Hon. Moses Kimball, Chas.
Hale. and Gen. Schouler were the next speak
ers, after which Mr.. Giddings retired
DOUGLAS GOING SourH.-Senator Douglas,
on his route to visit his plantation in the
South, stopped a night in St. Louis, where he
received the honor ola serenade. The Little
Giant made short speech to the crowd.
A FuNNY GovrRNoR-The notorious Par
SON }rownlow is talked of MS candidate for
Governor ofTennessee.
PRICES OF VoTEs.-The Salem (N J.) Stan
dard gives notice that an application will be
made to the next Legislature for supple
ment to the election law regulating the price
of votes in the county of Salem.
a Democratic GOVERNOR on TnAxKsG1vtxG.
A gentleman recently inquired of Gov.
Harris, of Tennessee when he intended to ap.
point a day for Thank giving. "Td like to
know what the ID the democrats have got
to thank God for this year." was the melan-
choly response.
The editor Of the Conhocton (Ohio) Age
and Gen. Jos. Burns, who represents the 9th
Ohio district in Congress, have had fight
The editor is of the Republican persuasion.
while Burns believes in democracy as he un-
lcrstands it, 1t will be recollected that dur
ing the last session of Congress, and while the
Lecompton bill was pending Mr.. Burns was
charged with having been "open to convic
ion" and that he got down from the fence
INTO the clover of federal patronage. Mr..
Burns was a candidate for reelection, but his
declined to respond, and he was
lefeated. He is of course chagrned thereat,
md evinces sangunary disposition.
just previous to the recent election in Iii
lois, says the New Orleans Picayune, the
Chicago Press, a republican paper, published
statement, charging that the slaves of Sena-
or Douglas, held in Louisiana, are over
worked, ill fed, badly clothed, and otherwise
leglecttully treated, and gave Mr.. Slidell, of
his State, as authority for the statement
rhe whole story was an election canard Mr..
Slidell made no such statement Of that we
ire fully advised, and the facts alleged are
lpocryphal as to the authority The slaves
II which Mr.. Douglas is interested are in
,harge of Mr.. James A. McIIatten, one of the
most enterprising citizens of the State, pop
llar and humane gentleman and planter
DEoLINEs.-Senator Brown, of Mississippi,
las declined the honor of public dinner in
W Washington.
ANOTHER DECLNATIoN-Hon. w. B. Maclay
mas declined the tender of public dinner
from the Fourteenth Ward Democratic Union
Club of Brooklyn.