, 1859-09-16
States News.

The following news items we CLEAN main
ly from the St. Louis aud Washington cor
respondents of the San Francisco Alta and
Herald:
Col GEO. W. HUGHES, whe has received
the nomination of Democratic convention
for member of Congress from the Sixth
district of Maryland, was high officer in
the engineer corps, served in the Mexican
war and as Governor of Jalapa. At the
close of the war he resigned his place in
the army and retired to his farm on West
river, Maryland.
COL WV. V. Hickey, of Mississippi,
who served in the Mexican war with Gen
Quitman, and distinguished himself at the
battle of Monterey, recently fell into the
Mississippi river from the deck Of steam
er, and was drowned.
HoUsToN ELECTED GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
The New Orleans correspondent of the
Alta California, writes: $50 far Houston
in over sixty counties, is ahead of Runnels,
the regular Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor, by 4,424 majority, and he is expect
ed to be elected by 5000 majority. Lub-
book, Democratic nominee for Lieut.. Gov
ernor is ahead of Clark 800 votes"
RRTon" writes to the Baltimore .Sua:
at is believed that very extensive mill
tary and prominent movement is now on
foot in this country, with the purpose Of
uniting in plan for the regeneration Of
Mexico. About ten thousand men have
already been enrolled as Knight Crusaders
of the Order of Montczumas. Funds and
munitions of war have been, or will be full
ly provided for the enterprise Loans
based on the generosity of an adequate
American firm will be taken, and by Brit
ish bondholders. The resources of Mexi-
co, under a general government would be
immense. The whole debt, foreign and
domestic, would be but "lea-bite," as
Mr. Disreali would say, in comparison with
the revenue to be derived from her vast
mineral and agricultural wealth.
KANSAS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
This body adjourned on the goth ult., aft.
er adopting Constitution by vote of "a
to Is, all the Democrats voting against it.
The leading features are as follows: The
word "white" defines the qualification Of
voters, which excludes negroes, and Indians
also. The executive officers ore as usual,
with School Superintendent. The Leg
islature has 100 members-75 Representa-
tives and 25 Senators. The Senators are
elected each two years; the members Of the
House each year; annual sessions Of the
Legislature are to be held. Corporations
are to exist under general law; banks on a
State stock security basis, &c. The Courts
spnsist of three Supreme Judges and five
District Judges. State debt not to exceed
a million, without vote Of the people
The Constitution can be amended by the
action of the Legislature through two ses-
sions, the amendment being submitted to
vote Of the people. The petition to give
women the elective franchise was rejected,
but women are guaranteed equal property
rights with their husbands, and equal guar
dianship Of their children. They are also
allowed to participate in the government of
schools, academies and colleges, and at
such elections are TO be secured the same
privileges as men, by law. A clause in the
Bill Of Rights is intended to cover the
cases of all negroes, runaways or others,
and guarantees them trial by Jury. Its
ratification, it is supposed, will be zealously
opposed by the Democracy.
B9- Arrangements have just been COM
pleted for the publication in Washington
of political and literary magazine, to be
called the National Democratic Quarterly
Rerie1, under the editorship of Colonel
Thomas B. Florence, of Philadelphia, as
sisted by eminent contributors. 1t is to be
the expositor of the present and all future
Democratic Administrations.