The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-10-21

foounties of Suffolk, Queens, and Richmond,)
y. americans and Republicans have united in
no,iDating Luther C. Carter for Congress.
The Democrats in that district have nominated
william q. Ludlow for the same office.
GsorUe S. Hawkins is reelected to Congress
e.on Florida, by 1000 majority. The State is
rov largely Democratic. Two years ago, it
vas very close.
The members elected to the new Congress
eou South Carolina are as follows:
Jobp Nc Queen, Democrat.
. " Porcber Miles, Democrat.
Lawrence NJ. Keitt, Democrat.
N;lledge l.. Bonham, Democrat.
A Democrat succeeds Col. Orr.
william W. Boyce, Democrat.
Minnesota Election.
CBic00o October l6.-The returns from
u;Onesois come in slowly. The following only
Ia been received Hennepin county-the
Ibol4 Republican ticket elected. Scott coun-
.rtvo Democrats and two Republicans elect
y 10 the Legislature. Ramsey county-the
ort;ra Democratic ticket elected. Washington
II Dakotah counties-carried by the Re-
p1ilicsns
Those who think there is no design at the
sou,b 10 move for the reopening of the Afri-
can sIsve trade, should read in De Bo,o's Re
ar FOR October an article entitled African
Slavery Adapted to the North and Northwest"
n which the renewal of the slave trade and the
extension of Slavery throughout the country
s,a rspresented as the measures necessary for
,bs reservation of the Union. The writer
az the Union be desirable, it is earnestly
oousidered that the most effectual means of
win, II pervetuity will be realized in the open
10 Of the slave trade, and the introduction of
,rr naculiar institution into the Western States
and Territories. By this we will construct a
homogeneous system of labor, and through this
Iopd of sympathy will be re-estsblished that
community of sentiment, and the old entente
oorIiale, without which the Constitution ia a
rope Of sand and the Union a shallow mock
cry"
The Southern Member of the Cabinet"
In a recent speech a: Lawrence, Mr.. F. P.
Stanton, late Secretary of Kansas under Gov.
Walker said:
"On the lst Of September, Gen. Winfield
and Dr.. Tsbbs, of Kansas, who were then in
Washington, signed letter, expressly stating
that the course of Gov. Walker and Secretary
Stanton was acceptable to the people of Kan
sss inasmuch as An undoubted majority were
in favor of a free State This letter pas sorit
len al the special request Of Mr.. buchanan, who
vas anxious to shield himself from the assaults
then being made upon him by the South.
Through Mr.. Buchsnsn's agency, the letter was
sent TO the Union office, and was actually in
type, a. accompanied by editorial comments en-
dorsing the character OF DR.. Tebbs, as gen.
tenau Of uIimpeachsble veracity,' when it was
seen in proof by a Southern member of the Cab
met, who ordered liz suppression. From that
ddg 70 this, the course of the Administration
towards Kansas has been most interruptions
and shameful one"
Ga Friday last, we asked which of the four
Southern members" of the Cabinet it was
Who bad became the censor of the Wendell Lin.
coin orgsn and accepted the responsibility of
al the terrible disasters which have befallen
the Democratic party, from the misdirection of
that paper. We were al xious to know which
Southern member was it who sought such
Distinction. We now learn, on excellent au-
thority, that it was our able Secretary of the
Treasury, Hon. Howell Cobb.-States.
st. Louis, Oct. l6.-The Central Committee
Of Kansas have called q Free-State Delegate
Convention to be held at Lawrence November
l0,h for the purpose Of discussing the various
questions connected with the present political
organizations in the Territory, Of determining
the trre policy Of the party, and considering
the PRESTON cf the speedy admission of Kan.
sss mo The Union as a free State.