New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-03
POIITICAL.

The Joarndi Of Commerce says that the new ed
tor of the Constitution is {" a Democrat of the first
water, although belonging to noble family in Ire
land and liable at future day to inherit its disinc-
tons" The Journal Of Commerce says that Mr..
Browne became a citizen two years since, and it has
great confidence that the Constitution will possess
character not uncongenal that of the excellent
Administration of which il is, in sense, the mouth
piece
There seems to have been trouble in Litchfeld
County, Conn. previous to the late election. 1t is
alleged that a prominent Democrat in the town of
Washington had been caught stealing Il skunk skin,
and prosecuted accordingly and that Joseph H. Ben
nett esq., also Democrat, and candidate for Office,
offered 10 to third party to procure the settlement
of the skunk-skn prosecution not only because its
continuance would tend 10 in the Democratic party
by exciting public belieftha its members would steal
skunk skins on OCCASION but also because it would
tend 10 cndanger the political prospects of the patri-
otto Bennett. This story Bennett Denies al the same
time insinuatng that somebody distributed three gal
Ions of spurious rum and lot of spurious ballots by
way of corruptng the vrtuous electors of the town
of Warren To this The LacLfeid Enquirer responds
that no Republican distributed rum either spurious
or genuine, and that if any corrupt influences were
employed they were not used on the Republican, but
on the Democratic side This question is not settled
as yet either way; but to the stealing OF skunk
skins which at present quotations worth % cents
each, we believe il is not disputed that that was
Democratic transaction. We must say that the state
of morals among the members of that party in Litch-
field County appears, according to these indications,
to be rather low and discoursging.
The Atclisop *. IT, Champion bears at the head
g tba NJ MI nd air
the Republican ticket for 1860.
The Republicans of Iowa hold their State Con-
vention at Des Moines the 2ad Of june Csndi-
dates for Governor, Leutenant-G Governor and three
Judges of the Supreme Court are to be nominated.
The prominent candidates for the nomination as Gov
ernor are Ralph =. Lowe the present Executive, and
Hiram Price of Scott County. The most prominent
Republican candidates for the nominations for the SUI
preme Court are the present ChiefJustice Wright,
who gives universal satisfaction to all parties Clarke
of Iowa City, and Butler of Muscatine. Angus
tins C. Dodge is candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Governor. An Iowa
correspondent of the Chicago Tribune says
Samuels of Dubuque, or Judge Leftingwe of Lyons,
would be fayorites IN the Democratic Cony entiou but
il is understood that both of them percmptory decline
the honor of being defeated The Democratic candi-
dates for Judges of the SHpreme Court will most likely
be Wright aud Wilson of Dubuque and Mason of Bur
ngton.
Outside Of the State, says the Boston transcript,
the Republican papers generally condemn the pro-
posed amendments to the Constitution OF Massachu'
sets which prcVetns foreigners from voting untithey
have resided in the Commonwealth two years subse-
Quent TO naturalization. Among the prominent Mas
sachusetts Republicans opposed to the Constitutional
provision, beside Senator Wilson, We have heard
mentioned the names of the Hon. Charles Francis
Adams the Hon T. u. Eliot, the Hon. John Ii. Alley
the Hon. Eli Thayer the Hon. Charles w. Upham
the Hon. Henry L. Dawes, and others holding high
official positions
Col. Netherlsnd and Governor Harris, the rival
candidates for Governor Of Tennessee, are stumping
sthe state thoroughly, having appointments to meet
aud alternately address the people throughout the
State on almost every day. except Sundays, from
MAY , to August ,.
There are some things very peculiar and srgges'
tive in Kentucky politics at this time. The leading
Democratic papers of Louisville are at swords Tor
steel pens points and there is general turmoil and
confusion The question is no longer Lynn Boyd aud
Henry Clay, but regarding the doctrine of Co(gres-
sona Intervention in the Territories for the sake OF
Slavery. The Democrat of Louisville, sndt the States
nan Of Lexington, and Magoiin, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, ere opposed TO Con-