Daily national Democrat., 1859-09-20


themselves civil and political equality will
sneh, are circulating petition to be sent tc
The Legislature asking it to submit to the
people an amendment to the Constitution o.
the State, which will secure to women the
right to vote and hold office; the full anC
entire control of all property belonging tc
them before marriage, or acquired after the
same right with the husband over the chill
dren and the same right, as widow, as tc
the property and children, that the husband
has as a widower.
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The Indians have lately been committing
depredations on the Southern overland mai
route. On the lst inst one hundred of then
drove away all the stock from the Station a
Camp johnson in Texas, destroyed the cor
raj, and took every thing movable they
could This was in the Comanche range
On the same day ten Apaches took from tn,
Station at Yo del Minerto in Texas, min,
mules and one horse. The fired at the mer
who barricaded the house, until the stag,
arrived
AFFAIRS IN UTAu-Judges Cradlebaueh
Eekles, and Sinclair will it is believed, re
sign, as soon as it is demonstrated by the fur
ther action of the President, that thew are
not to be sustained in the administration OF
the law The Marshal of the Territory has
already resigned. As for Gov. Cumming, he
is well erough satisfied with the condition OF
affairs in the Territory, and what is more,
the President is satisfied with him.
MiNSEsoTA-The following are the Demo.
cratic nominatsons in Minnesota: For Gov.
ernor, Geo L. Becker; Lieut.. Governor, Syl-
vanus b. Lowry, of Stearns; Secretary of
State, Francis Baasen of Brown; ATTORNEY
General, John B. Brisben, of Ramsey; State
Treasurer, Samuel B. Able of Crow Wing
Representatives in Congress, James NJ. Cava
naugh of Fillmore, Christopher Graham oil
SiLley.
TIE pigeon tournament at the State Fnir
on Saturday, was for two prizes-a Concord
hunting wagon, valued at $3.50, and 500 in
cash. Mr.. Upson was the winner of the first
prize, and DR.. Aylett of the second
A LETTER from Nangasaki, Japan, of the
2lst April, says: The new Emperor becomes
every day more and more liberal to the Eu.
ropeans and the Mandarins of the provinces
instead of subjectihg them, as heretofore, tc
all sorts ofill treatment, display great regard
for them.
New JERSEY FOR POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
The Democratic State Convention Of New
Jersey has nominated E. V. r. Wright fol
Governor, and adopted resolutions fayoring
popular sovereignty.
TnE citizens of Uka city, Mendocino coun
ty, are making an effort to induce some en-
terprising young man TO establish a weekly
paper in that place. They have offered tc
raise fund of two or three hundred dollars
to assist in its establishment
HoMIcIDE.-On the ID of September, al
1Iordys station, Fort Chadbourne, on the
Southern overland route, Ham, the station
house keeper, shot IL stage driver nameC
Lowe, who died in three hours after
A Man EATER.-Recently in New Yorl
William Williams and John Criley had
fight, in which the former knocked the latte
down, and deliberately bit off his nose anC
one of his ears
TIE Albany IN. W Statesman has advice
from almost every section of the State of tn
appointment of representatives to the Ameri
can State Council. Many of those selecte,
are men who have been prominent in tn
American organization from the beginning.
CAPTAIN Simpson estimates the distance
from Genoa to Camp Floyd, by the new route
1T 5GS miles
AT the First District Court in Utah Terri
tory, Mckenzie has been found guilty of for
gerry, and sentenced to two years in the pen
itentiary
FIVE hundred emigrant wagons are on tn
way to Carson Valley from Salt Lake b,
Simpsons new route. The emigrants, it
feared, will suffer greatly from want of pro
visions.
NEBnAsKA.-There is popular movemen
in Nebraska for State Government, propos
ing convention in October, an election il
November, and application for admission sim
ultnneously with Kansas.
ABOUT five hundred illegal squatters, ar
on the lands belonging to the Kaw Indians il
Kansas
LATHAM has 1880 majority in CaIavera
county.
BUT one death occurred in Sacramento dun
ing the week ending the l4th inst
RAILROAD SURvEY-The engineer Of tE
Sacramento, Placeryille and Nevada Railroa
Company, is engaged in running line fro
Auburn to Folsom.
e GIBSON, the Mormon who lately killed
sut Pike at Salt Lake, has been arrested.
On the 23d inst, bull and bear fight W
6brhe off in Shasta, for wager of 81 900.
RAPE CASE IN TUoLUMNE.-A Mexici
named Rios, has been convicted before &
Court of Sessions, in Tuolumne, for an a
teniDt to commit n rane on n little girl nam