Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-08-16
KENTUCKY ELECT ONs.

Phe polls in Kentucky being unifor nly kept open
three DAVIS always precede results, derived
from the Is, & I'd days polling Owing principally to
this circumstance we have mass of confused state
ments before us, in various papers, which we will
proceed to simplify and arrange as well as we can
On Saturday, We stated the result of the LIST davis
election in Bayette where eight Clay candidates run
h'hg against administration, had Jeoparded tho
success of the Clay ticket. Messrs Bedsoe and
breckenridge, and three others having on the I'd day
or previously retired, the Clay votes were then con-
centrated on True, Wikson and Curd, who notwith-
standing the untoward comm tenement were elected
by majority of about rs. But for tho division, the
majority would have been much greater Paye,,c is
Mr. Clay's county, where he has always had person
al enemies.
In Franklin, Crittcndon is elected. The Kentuck
ian Of the 9Th says:
YHB ELECTIONS
pnepe has rumphcd One of the most excited eI.c,iops
witnessed this county, has terminated in the
oIJonn Crenden the personal and political friend
VCay Al the Presidential election 1923 thi. county gave
majority for Jackson of267 MIR Crendeus mnioIi,y oye
ms opponent IA thus showing falling of from the Jack
son party Of more than 80 Our from other
parts eihe state arc ye, imperfect The Clay ticket sue.
S soaed IN tayss and the jackson ticket in jefferson We
navs -oy,be division amongst endsone in Shelby
and one in Madison Blu, the Of our gains and
losses must DO deferred till nsst week.
In Clarke, Allan and Stuart, (Clay) are elected
In Scott Jncksonians, Euclid Johnson and An
drew Johnson, elected without opposition
In Mercer, no opposition to the Jackson ticket
In Mason, none TO the Clay ticket
In Madison Turner and Rhodes, (Clay) and .
Speed Smith, (D chosen-Smi,h succeeding nv n
split in the Clay ranks From the came cause, there
being Clay candidates for the Senate. Der.rnett.
~ was 43 votes ahead of Clarke Clay) for the Sen
ate, and his election probable.
In louisville, at the close, Guthrie TJl 7o4--Tbo
III Mason, LCIayI 500.
In Jefferson, Churchill and Robb the Jackson can.
ddate, elected by a small majority,
In Sh elby, another fatal split occurred in our
ranks, by which Sprigg, [Jacksonl got in. White
and Butler for Clay. Senator, w G. Boyd, rClav.1
In Woodford Southey Wilmington, TClayl and
in Jessamnc, G. Il. Lewis, [CIayJ are chosen In
Woodford and JessamIne, Geo J. Brown flor Clay
wc bclicvel is chosen Senator.
In Grant, Senators and Representatives for Clay
--the same we believe in Gsrrard and Lincoln
though returns not quite complete. Incomplete re
turns tom some other counties
Pie great body Of tho State is vet to be heard from
and II Is too soon to draw any final conclusion. We
must in candor however, say, that We are disap-
pointed far--not any lNss sustained for
we see not that there IS my, but that there is less
gain than VIC expected. II is obvious however that
there was little organizations and that it mus, be n diff
fcul thing 80 far to overcome personal predictions
and local Influences Us TO make election turn ON
an even which ~ 10 occur Two years hence Tho
J ckson prints are growing AZ tho closencss of the
o. IT in Payetto, and at not having lost more I'm
n week we shall hay, heard from most paris of The
State.
GrThe portion Of Miles Kings answer in to-day's
paper, treats of Wrtkns drafts. MARK how plain
talo puts the Slanderer down" Po connect ono
Of their intended Victims with Or Watkins. has been
capital point in the tactics of the reputation but
chors at Washington. Their names once associated,