The Nevada Democrat., 1858-09-01
Miscellaneous.


DETROIT. Aug 3.-SenatOr Chandler was Sc
riously though not dangerously injured last
evening nv the explosion of the gas at his resi-
dencc in this city.
ST. LOUIS. Aug 3d.-Leavenw0rth adv'ces Of
the 3Oth ult per U. S Express to Boonville. lSt
inst, state that Gov. Denver arrived in that
city yesterday morning and remains day or
two at Fort No news of the result OF the cleo
tiou on the second.
CINCiHNArTI. July 30.--D"mocratic State Con-
vention of Ohio. met at Columbus yesterday.
and nominated Thomas W. Bartlett SnDreuhr
Judge /; J. Ward. Attorney General; S. w Glib
son. Cnniroler r. II. Hendrickson. Member
Of Board ofPublc Works.
The administration has decided to send feet
Of six or eight vessels to Paraguay. including
the Harriet Lane and Fulton. The former will
he tho flag shp-Capt. Page. who has been So
l"ctrd to comma ii the expedition. will nl%O
charter smch other steamers as may h. deemed
necessary. and are adapted to the service.
John Nugpnt is appaint'd a SPECIAL agent
to proceed to NV Cal do Iia and Vancouver
I-iand. and will lrav" in few days. The ma
ture Of his instructions is unknown. hut il is
supposed To he for purposes of informing our
government correctly of events that occur in
that region.
English. Of tho English H." has been NOM
mated for reelection in | d ana.
Both PARROT and Stanton write that the
br'h- will be awfully kicked out by the people
nf Kansas.
KlNsAs.-A late Kansas paper says: The
result of the August election will whisp'r tale
in Mr. Buchanan's 5 ears which will surprise him.
The Administration party in Kansas. who sns-
tain the Swindlr. will number not to exceed
five hundred votes all told"
The Washington correspondent of Forney' r
Press confirms the above, as follows: "GOv.
Denver although he has grown exceedingly
cautious since his arrival in Washington. con-
firms the rumOr that the vote against L"comp
ton. as it is presented in the English bill. will
he enormous on the first Monday in August.
The President Is much harassed at the prospect"
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Times, speaking Of Hon. Horace F. Clark
max, the following important statements:
Friends of mine. in whose verac;ty have
all confidence. assure me that when Mr.. Clark p
opposition TO LccOmpi0n was first spoken Ell
as yet without definite action on his part
he was visited by several members Of the Cabinet.
who confessed their private sympathy with his
views; spoke of the Lecon,pton Bill as grdtuttous
outrage neither called for By the South, IN
nance ruth Democratic principLes; in fact, they
agreed substantially with all his views, hut en-
treated him. for his own sake and the sake of
the party. to give the measure his support. on
the ground that it would prove q nullity in
practice, hut, il defeated, would involve with it
the destruction hnth of the Administration and
the party which placed that Administration in
power. Mr.. Clark was deaf to these rather Gu
riOus solicitations"
The Democratic candidate for Congress in
the Northern District of Iowa has openly de-
clared his opposition to Lrcompton and to the
Conference c0ntrivance. When the announce
ment was made on the stump, Senator G. w.
Jones retired in anger from the meeting. The
Democracy Of Iowa are incurahly divided. and
will be routed at the coming election.