Daily national Democrat., 1860-05-09

American Champion.
Tue ELECTION IN WIscoNsIN.-Th recent
election of Judge of the Supreme Court in
Wisconsin is worthy of special notice, from
the fact that the question involved was
whether tie fugitive slave law should be
overridden ly the law of the State, which
made it a criminal offenss to attempt to en-
force the fugitive slave enactment. Mr.. Dix
on was the Democratic nominee, and Mr..
Slonn the Republican nominee. The Cincn.
natl Enquirer says that Mr. Dixon was orgi
nally appointed 10 place on the Bench by
Gov. Randall. as a Republican. When the
celebrated Booth case-fur setting at defiance
the fugitive slave law of Congre came be-
fore the Court for its decision. Judge Dixon
took the Democratic ground in favor of the
consltutionality of the law, and in opposi-
tion to the law of the State, which made it a
criminal Offense to attempt to enforce the fu.
| gitive slave enactment. By adopting that
course he gave mortal offense to the Repub-
lican party. and at the Republican Conven-
board, and Mr.. Sloan, decided Republic |
can of tie "irrepressible" stripe nominated !
in his stead. The Democracy took up Mr..
Dixon, aud, at their convention of the 22d
Of February, nominated him. Their Object
in doing 50 was to have a fair and square
tight on the great question whether the COLI
stituuon, and laws OF the United States made
in pursuance thereof. were to he supreme
laws of the land, or whether they were 10 he
made to yield to Abolition fanaticism. The
result is cheering to the national patriotic.
| Democratic heart. Wisconsin, which in 1856,
gave Fremont II majority Of S,0nO over
81 chanun now gives Dixon, the Democratic
nominee, majority Of from 5000 to 5000
over his republican competitor.
SERIOUS division has arisen in the Repub
lican purity Of Kansas The Topeka state
| Record. the organ of Gen. Jim Lane, is very
bitter upon Gov. Robinson, and reads him
out of the Republican party. AS for Gen.
Lane he has came out in q letter, in which
he calls Governor Robinson some hard names
The reason Of this onslaught was Rolinsons
| testimony before the Senate Investigating
Committee in which he declared that Lane,
Redpath, Brown and other leading Republi,
cans were in favor Of, and did keep up. a
civil war in that Territory for a long time, in
order to subserve their partisan purpose.
The U. S. sloop-of,wa. Gyne, which ar
rived at San Francisco Saturday from Pana-
ma, lost two of her company. a boy, Sam
uel Bloom OF Baltimore, Nd, fell from aloit
to the deck on the 81 of April and was killed :;
and on the 4th of May james Madden fell
from a yard into the sea and was lost.
ML1TARY.-At q meeting of the Second
Brigade California Malitia, held in San Fran
cisco Saturday evening, the following gentle.
men were elected as officers of the Brigade
President, Brig. Gen. Cobb; Treasurer,
Capt. Tittel; Secretary, Lieut.. McMinn.
Maj Thompson, Capt Ellis, Capt. Brodt,
Capt Cook and Capt. Hanna. were appoint
ed to superintend military drills and to pro-
cure instructions for officers, as the ol iect is
to have a system Of regular instruction.
SACRAMENTO HOSPITAL The number of
patients treated in the Sacramento Hospital
during the month Of April was n. The
number remaining May let, was 4s. The ex.
pen'e OF the Hospital for the month, includ-
ing salaries OF Physician and attendants,
medicines, etc, etc, was SoSl 81.
REPORTED AuRDER --A1stter from Carson
City dated May Let, states that n report had
just reached there, that gorge Distepreider
keeper Of station at the sink of the HIM
boldt, together with his small son and a
hired man, had been killed BY the Indians
his house burnt and stock driven of. The
rumOr was Credited, and company was being
rslsed to go in pursuit Of the offenders,