Nebraska advertiser., 1858-10-21
The News,

Legislature will be strong ly Republican.
1t is even asserted that the Democratic
party did not succeed in electing a single
candidate.
The Democrats carried the State of
Delaware by $50 majority.
As yet we Lave received but partial re-
turn of the election in Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania and Indiana-but enough to show
large Republican gains everywhere. The
following named persons are reported ell
ected to Congress:
In Pennsylvania, Morris, Verre, Mil
word, Wood, Hickman, Schwartz, Stew
ems, Killinger, Campbell, Hale, opposi-
ton candidates; and Florence, Roberts,
Dimmick, Fisher, and Foster, democrats.
In Ohio the opposition elected Gurley,
Ashly, Corwin, Staunton, Carey, Trim
bic, Sherman, Sphinx, Thompson, Burgham
and the democrats elected Burns, Martin,
Vallandingham and Pendleton.
In Indiana the opposition elected Ho-
vey, Dunn, Holman, Kilgore, Porter,
Davis, Wilson, Colfax, Case and Petit.
The democrats elected English.
Ten districts sin Pennsylvania and
eight in Ohio remain to be heard from.
The Democrats carried Pottawatamie
county, Iowa, by $50 majority.
BY the Utah mail which reached ST.
Joseph on the 18th inst, we have further
news from the mines. A gold hunter
4 Just in from Cherry Creek, where he had
been prospecting four or five months re.
ports that seventy-fve people were in the
mines, who were making from one tc
twenty dollars each per day. The larg.
est amount which he had heard of being
taken out by single person in one day
was twenty-one dollars and fifty cents, anC
, the largest specimen only one dollar anC
, a half; the average returns of day.
} labor being about FIVE dollars. This i
: should be remembered is done withou
tools adapted to the work. The mail par
ty met about eighty wagons on thei
way to the mines.
! Hon William Preston has been ap
pointed Minister to Spain and has accep
: ted the appointment.
2 The postmasters of Peoria, Blooming
e ton, Ottawa, Napierville, Joliet, Spring
z field, Galesburg, &c., in Illinois, hav
S been removed to make way for Admins
trationists.
: Faran, who was appointed postmaste
3 at Cincinnati but short time since, ha
E been removed for expressing his sympa
e thy as being with Douglas in the Illinoi
: contest.
Col. Sumner has assumed the comman
of the Military Department of the Yves
The American Institute have voted
reward of $4,000 for the detection of th
y incendiary who set fire to the Crysts
Palace.
A remarkable meteor, apparently one
q third the size of the moon, was observe
at the Toronto observatory. Its forl
F" was pear-shaped, and it burst when at a
e elevation of twelve degrees above th
n horizon.
e Five of the crew of the Haidee,
e vessel fitted out in New York fe
IS months since for the slave trade, whic
o. went to Africa, took on board nine hui
y dred slaves, and landed them in Cub
y have been arrested by U. S. Marsh
g Ryndeers, of New York. The vess
Twas scuttled and sunk off Montauk Poi
r few weeks ago.
We have news from Havana to the {
IL instant. A terrible explosion of poV
ID der magazine occurred there on the mig
Il of the 29th uIt. The magazine was file
le with powder, shells and rockets, and Il
lg explosion was attended by the most di
d, astrous effects. Twenty-eight perso
were known to be killed outright, and Oh
Id hundred aad five were wounded, while
TO was apprehended that many more we
~ buried under the ruins. Ninety new s.
as gar-houses were totally destroyed, al
so thergaz works were 50 far damaged
n to leave the city in darkness.
u The London papers publish report
1T Mr.. Varley, electrician of the Atlani
ne Telegraph, on the present state of 4
ID cable. His experiments show that 4
cable has not parted. Faint signals a
ty still received from Newfoundland.
be speaks of another aud more distant fau
ot the locality of which he cannot estima
without going to Newfoundland.