Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-27
FROM THE COUNTRY.

Boteto"rt-Extract of a Letter of the 18th instant
from from gentleman to be relied on: There
strong sparrIng here at Court, between Craig and
NIoorc and, from what heard, Craig got the better
OF The contest Certain is that he will get large pro-
portion OF tho votes ofthose l have seem
HaTTiSonEIrac If tctter tram this coA,,ty statcs-
Busy clectoneering by eight candidates for the county
VIM a. Harrison announced yesterday Allen John
son, and Maxwell, for Congrcss-Johnson, (qd n,.)
Allen and Maxwell said 10 be Whies"
From M6cm0rie--Wc have received accounts TO 22d
March, which state that the candidates have been en-
gagged Tor three successive days. different places in
addressing large assemblies of the People The demon
STATIONS OF public opinion at these three gather.
friends, and flatcrng TO their prospects, and they conf.
IDENTITY cnlcula changes in iasor of candidates inf
mat part OF the county where they occurred It is said
that the wing candidates for the county striving to
convince the People of their good will 10 the Admins
auon, ana Strange to say9 that they have declared if
lhey had been III the last Assembly, they might have
voted for William G.. Rives as Senator against Ben.
IamIn w Leigh They will hear nothing of the
past, but are inscribing their promises and prcen-
sions on the WGRk Of the future They mportune
the People TO forget their connection with the s'Whg
party ana TO absovc them for their past political
gcssions on account of their camorous cspousal of
Judge White for the Presidency. But we understand
that their palpablc inconsistency in these particulars is
evidently nnpartlng to the public mind high degree of
indignant excitement, and the People view with de-
served susplciOn their selection of candidate from our
own ranks The People discover the trick and will not
be gulled by it, The result of these public discussions
rs SAID to have exceedingly 'wrung the whers of our
Opponents, and they testify their soreness very unbe-
comngly, in passionate rantings which OPERATE very
much to their prejudice Our friends are sanguine of
success; and the only doubt which seems TO hang
over the result arises from the remarkable circumstance
which Is said TO have occurred, of the Wings havno
created number OF new voters out of the shopkecpers
&c, OF Charlottesville, by deciding Them for a pittance
feeholds of waste mountain land But the sturdy yeo
mary OF The country, who bona de interested in lis
soil, must arise and defeat the maneuvre.
mere arc three other appointments for public dis
cussion yet TO be fulfilled in the Southern half of
the county The candidates for Congress are also taking
the rounds with the county candidates. and Gen Gordon
does not fail to pour out his scodng nvectves in the
nj fhn Dpnn1 No l.ttz- -
our friends, which expresses the hope that the Con-
gTcSSi0no and Senatorial Districts will resume in the
approaching elections, their woned Democratic charac-
tcr..We trust that all the weapons of tho Opposition
Will be in vain.New Coffin Hand-bs have been poured
out from the mint at ChaIlocsvicthe only press in
the county Is at the command Of the Whigs-and that
paper is called the Charlottesville Advocate Yields 10
in this country in the vrulcncc and scurrility of its
abuse--lt would be disgrace the American press
itself, its miserable impotence had not consigned it to
an almost entire obscury.
aware ofhe astonishing efforts that are making
by the Whgs-but these reports of the fabricated votes
sare lftcsc be true let us hear no more oftGe N
York Tactics, and Van Buren, tricks.
we received additional accounts yesterday from Abe
m0re The Wings have rcckoncd todikOut thciy hast
we understand that the friends of the defeated candi-
dates of the last year have been assduously eeconeer
ing for nearly the last twelve monthstnt they have
manufactured twenty thirty votes since the last
election, to help them ont in struorle-and that
like their brethren elsewhere they making the most
desperate efforts to throw inst in the eyes of the People;
the das, Of premature and anticipated Presidential cor.
hic Bot the intuvc good of the People will prove
superior to all their sophsry; their hrmncss and virtue
will he proof against all the arts and opportunities which
are so nduslriousy played off upon them. For their 20
or 30 Postn0h stripping votes, the Republican party will
have accession ofat least many from the rcgio0ds
Of tie county, who momentary alicnatcd last
Spring by the Wing Paac but who have now returned
I, their natural position in the Republican ranks Orr
friends are IN the finest spirits and count with perfect
confidence on second Democratic victory during the
present Spring. In the Congressional District the re-
suit in favor Of james Garland is considered quite GER
tain lie has strong tocitrs in the Republican counties
OF fIuvanna and lOuisawhic place him. il is bclev.
ed, in an impregnablc position.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
"MAucu 81
q am Just from Cumberland Court, where there was
assembled large crowd The contest will bc animated
and the result is doubtful The friends of the Admins
baiion arc ln high spirits, and determined To- vind
cate the Right If Instruction. The Wing party are
using all their address aud ingenuity to persuade the
Jackson party to take up Judge While who the Whos
know, is friend and supporter Of that same Pre-
sident whom they have and do still dcnounce as Des
pot and Tyrant.--How consistent the WHY'S are ~
How kind i'm them to relieve the Administration Of all
trouble in clecting Jackson man President 49,"
CoiHoidenccs anil Contyasfs
In tic Baltimore Convention Of ~. Mcssrs w n
Johnson and James Elan, delegates from the county
Of Chesteyfeid They arc opposing candidates for
the county.