Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-11-11

Wis ana JAMES BARBOUR our tate Elisha
guished Minister to Great Britain. The re.
turn of the election gives MIR. Davis a Ma.
jority of IA votes over Mr.. Barbour. III,
Fredericksburg Arena says, "a large Hum.
Der Of Davis votes are illegal and il is be liey.
cd that upon purging the polls, Barbour viii
have a majority Of about 80" On the same
subject the Fredericksburg Herald ADDS
"Rumor says, that upon examination of ihs
polls, the Commissioners declared forts NJ
lie voies gwen TO Davis 10 be bad.n
By the extract we publish this day from
the Orange Reporter, it viii be seen that the
Sheriff Of Orange county has returned Mr..
Barbour as a member OF the House Of Dele.
gates, and the reasons for his decision. We
need not say how much we are pleased at
this result, and the more particularly as lie
election in this county was, we believe al.
most the only one IN Virginia that We have
heard of. where On attempt was made to
draw the lines Of national parties in ~elsr.ing
members to the House of Delegates. Whe-
Their the ats npt succeeded or not. we have
not learnt, but presume it did not, or Mr.
Barbour's vote would not have been so large.
From the Orange Reporter If Oct. SO.
Our election, which has excited so much
interest, both in and out Of tbs county; I'm
deed throughout the whole community took
place on Monday last the 25th inst.
On the coming in Of the poll of Monday
night about 10 O'Clock, by the perseverance
OF Mr.. j. w. Fry from Stanardsyiie, and
Mr.. James Mallory from Robinsons, the two
precincts, the result stood as follows:
C. II: Robiuson's stapardsvias
Barbour 1888 ia lis
Davis "a 81 24s
For THE SENATE.
Dade 237 1873 STA
Slaughter % 90. so
Thus it appears that Capt. Davis had q
majority of II votes over Gov Barbour, md
Gen. Dade a majority over Slaughter OF GO;
but from informally in conducting the Polls
at the Precints the High Sheriff, after a full
investigation and discussion OF the matter,
both on Tuesday and on Thursday the 26sh
and 28th inst. felt himself bound solemnly,
under his oath to return Gov. Harbour the e.
lected member.
AS this affair has presented a scene of
much interest both at home and abroad, we
have attempted to give a fair and impartial
statement of the facts which have led TO this
singular result.
The gentlemen Commissioners VIII super
intended the separate elections at Stanards-
Vile and Robinson's, had no meeting, OF coa.
sultation, about the rule which would be pur-
sued, in relation to who should be voters,
those who paid any part OF the Revenue, foe
twenty-nine or thirty, agreeaGly TO tho pro-
visions in the late Constitution, which says,
the voter or ~elcctor shall have paid soma
portion of the revenue OF the preceding year.
Hence, for the want of this previous consul
tation and determination, different rules pre-
vailed at the different precincts. At STAN
ardsyille, Capt. Davis's strong hold, the rnle
prevailed that the payment in the present
year was right, and many paid their taxes at
the musings Immediately before voting, and
at the court house Governor Barbeur's strong
hold a different rule prevailed; the High She
riff, than whom a more honorable, high min
ded and CORRECT man does net exist, decided
that no one should vote who had not paid
his tax, or rather a part of the revenue Of
twenty nine, hence many Of Gen. BIS trenos
were excluded. Consequently, on Tuesday
it WAS found that many had votes had Dsen
recorded, and mostly against soy. q. us
friends therefore, most strenuousiy Urging
that the election had been conducted lsApro-
perly, and that be must contest Ii, declaring
that, ifhe did not, they would never support
him again. In accordance and compliance
with this wish expressed by an immense
crowd that collected TO hear how the matter
would terminate, he proposed to Capt. DAVIS
and bis friends that the commissioners should
take the several polls and strike OF the spu-.
rious and improperly taken votes on either
side, and that the candidate having the mas
lority after this, should be returned; he pro-
posed to waive all legal scrupies and forms:
but these propositions were rejected most
positively, and it was insisted on the other
side that neither the High Sheriff, the COM
mlssIeners of election, nor any person had a
right to strike any name from the poll, I'M
der any circumstances, unless where one
man voted twice-and that the law relating
to elections should be NEST risidly complied
with. From the Importance of the matter,
and the pretonsion Of the parties. tEe High
Sheriff tosk until Thursday to deliberate On
the matter, before he gave an opinion. lie
came to the court house on that day for the
purpose of meeting with all he gentlensn
commissioners, and giving a decision which
candidate should be the returned one; before
delivering his opinion, however, il was found
that not one OF the commissioners who SUPER
intended the precinct elections, had been
swern; nor had any certificate accompanied
the return polls, or was even the name otthe
Deputy Sherifis subscribed: Hence t,ov. b.
by the laws of the land is the returned can
dldate. And after the loss oil the polls OF tina
precincts, in consequence Of the i~niormalitys
, H., II hoe , .,.tn-.fv 81 o. yafao axoIusiVa