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DEL.A WARE.

letter in The Globe from Vantalia the sea, Of Co.
veramrn dated the day after the clection ves returns
from three counties In addition TO this learn that
MIR. May, the member of Congress from tie third dis
trcl, who is in this city, reports that before he left
Illinois returns had been received sufficient 10 the
vote of the State to V. Buren,. He makes the
marks in rera1d 10 Missouri.
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We presume, the Van Buren, Electors would now he
perfectly safe in setting their faces towards tbs cy,
no doubt can now be entertained o! the OF tie
whole ckrt-They should be in place BY Tie rst IIot
nesday IN neLi month.
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Of course, by this compra:ion Mr.. Van Durn willie
elected President by the Coicgrs-anL johnson and
Granger would GO up To the Senate, Tor their Grc..oa
VIRGINIA.
We do not repeat the table this morning. because We
have no additional We sh II give il once more
when the returns completed, for the purpose Of
chroncling the entire record, and iur the convenience
Of those who have bettrd tie odds The following
are the only counties from which rJctdl returns have
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LOUISA RAILROAD COMPANY.

Third. tOnTM, GJM and strh lnstalmentS.
A T meeting of the President and Directors of the
n Louisa Railroad Company, at Taylorsville, on
Monday the 2Ist day Of November, 1886
Rcsoiecd That the stockholders of the Louisa Rail
road Company be- and they hereby required 10 pay
into the Farmers Bank of Virginia, twenty dollars per
share each share Of stock held by them in the said
Company, in instruments, follows Eve dollars per
share on the lst day of January next FIVE dollars per
share on the lst day of February next; FIVE dollars
share on the LIST day Ct March next; and five dollars
per share on the lst day of April next
. By order Of the Board,
NIB The Iustalments that have been called for, in
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MHJlfIIy tIIN,
This statement we cannot vuucli Cor. We give 1t
without positive authority.
From Baton Rouge we learn that Dr. Scdrr ". b.
has been elected to the Stale Legislature Mr. Con-
RAD (Whg) This is great triumph, as Dalton Rouge
has heretofore been a nti- Democratic.
We also informed by Il gentleman who arrived
last evening from Springfield that Thomas GREES DA-
WILSON vii positively be elected Senator from the dis
trct lately represented by l.. H. More, having obtained
a majority OF $50 vol over Martin Gordon Penn, in
the Parish Of Livingston alone the returns from the
other parishes have not been received Mr.. Davidson
is Van Burente.-.r Orleans Bee, .Noo IL.
(frOm the .fc,c Orleans Bulletin, If Nor. H.
PARISH OF JErrEEsos.-(1hi side ot The Rircr)
For White, 30
Van Hurcn, q
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KEATTAPONY LAND for saie.-Will be sold at the
lYE Bowling Green, Jany Caroline Court day next
10 the highest bidder between and 300 acres more
of low grounds, the Nla,,apony river This land is
inicrsected by the Railroad and distant miles below
the Milford Depot II udjons the lands Of Messrs. De.
jnrnatt, Sutton Todd and Baylor and portion of it Ii
able to occasional overows from the river, but perna
men, dam of the Railroad, The inlet, and prvi
legc of pnttng gates to it, timbcs FOR which are already
fixed, will the greater part from inunda,ion.-
The subscriber will also grant the advantage 10 pur-
chaser of making dam any where his land, to make
the improvement, complete. The land will be sold
credit Of = and 3yearsthc bonds carrying interest
from the date Of the sale. Further particulars will be
made known BY reference TO the subscriber aud Arthur
b. Clayton: Esq, who will show the land at any time
Nov p f5S-wiw'1 GEORGE d. BAYLOR.
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The Van Buren, majority in Mobile county is ONE
HUNDRED ASD TWENTY FIVE rOtes The whole number
of Democratic votes EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY
What to The repeated claims al every
election during The last years, that the Van Bnrcn
party here was pruslrale If the statements made ut
every election by the White men, were any thing Ike
truth We must have gained HUNDRED votes In SIX
months. -
LOUISIANA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
General Statement IF the FOtcs giren, fur us k"o'e"
I'm U;yL
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The following are the returns Of the Presidential cleo
ton in Louisiana, far received II will he obsrrV
ed that in The parish Of New Orleans comprising The
city, the anti Van Buren, ticket has prevailed by MAE"
ritz of ELEVEN votes. We hope opponents DO not
consider This result astounding Wing triumph-t
is woul falling OFT from the three hundred majority
tl,. ,nIrA
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(frOm the .fctc Orleans Bailctin, If .for H.
PARISH of JErrEEsoS.-(Ihis side Of the Rircr)
For White, 30
Van Hurcn, %
Majority for White, II
The following reports have been received from the
Florida Parishes, vouch for their authenticity.
81. Ianmany. about 90 Van Buren, innlDrIty.
Washington, about 4 tie.
81. Helena small mnjpry for White.
Later intelligence has been received from ST. Tam,na
ny, winch gives Il majority Tor White.
>rgISGFIELD, La, N0r. 10.
To Ike Editor Of the Commercial Bulletin:
Strive closed our election last evening for this pa
rish, Livingston, and have given White hundred
votes and tie number Tor Y. Buren,. This is bet
Ter for The parish than any Of the friends Of White had
anticipated Tia, people have heretofore been almost
unanimous the other way. Almost one hundred Of the
citizens have not voted for President
The for Senator to fill The vacancy occasoned
by the death of Hon. l.. II. Moore, stood, for
Thomas Green Davidson, 2j4
NJ &. Penn, only.
We have not yet received certain accounts from the
other parishes, but hear that Davidson has majority in
ST. Helena, and we have doubt but he is elected.
In haste, yours, trul y.
NORTH CAROLINA.
RALEIGH, Nov. Is, l33G.
My DEAR SRs: North Carolina is sale her Demo.
cracy has triumphed Van Buren, and johnson have
rled the State.
Fifty nine counties give p 900
And g Wbiggery" ~ 100
3IG0
The six counties to hear from cannot, in any
tngency, reduce our majorily over 900 or
200, say 200
Democratic majority 22OU
Our battle has been desperate, but our victory s go.
rious! With the August JO0U Wing ma orlly for Co.
vernon staring in The face timorous Of par
y disposed 10 icc up The contest; but OF US
the guns determined TO work battery with
hot shot; and thus have penetrated into the cncmyS
camp. completely routing and dispensing his forces,
while lie echoes Of their TrocIngs August de-
feat still resembling in our ears
Mangum here 10 drill his forces in the Legisa-
ture; but the overwhelming vote of the Democracy
coming in thick, believe he has departed the city
day in despair saying the State has disgla herself
&c. Can't say whether he will resi- n.-Gi0Ie.
DELAWARE.
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(From the NOJHc Commercial Register, Ertra, Nor. 49,
ELrcroy.-Ihr following the returns Of the
Election for Presidential electors, held in this City and
County Yesterday:
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She has ample resources Of her own, aud At she had
not, she could obtain money from her people, who are
too proud 10 permit her 10 be the beneficiary Of the fe
deral Government, which has means of supply
her wants other than those obtaned from the people by
the exercise of power delegated for another purpose,
but improperly applied to raise money to corrupt them
Two questions Tor the consideration of The GeRerll
Assembly arise on this law. Fiist-W the State re-
ceive her proportion of the surplus upon the pro.
posed And Secondiy-If she receive it, now shall
it be disposed of
AS regards the FIRST presume there be little
no difference of opinion because if rejected, 1t would
60 TO the other States and strengthen opposition TO any
oolection she might urge against measure already
eaned by an overwhelming majority. Aad as there is
no reasonable ground to hope that all q majUr
~ OF the States, will refuse 10 receive the money! Geor
ga BY DONG So could not unaded by her sister States
arrest the operation Of the law give sufficient rebuke
TO Congress for thas sporting h , best of
the Republic Under these circumstances, the Stale
will act with comnendable policy and yioo,e M nrinc
pe if she receive her proportion the surnus rrveru
upon the terms and conditions prescribed in the act,
The second question is one upon which is prob,bl.
there may be diversity OK epinoa-pet in rcanyd
to the naare OF the States interes, in the fuEd and her
obligation return it, but TO the mode Of nvespq il
The ioaey be deposited is and will continue TO be-
the property CT the United States may be- that this
fand is not nteaded to be reclaimed, and unless war
should cut Oft the revenue from commerce, it probably
will be; but whatever may have been the real
sign of those who enacted the law will be bound by
its TERMS and should be prepared ell times to redeem
the pledge it exacts.
The amount to be received BY Georga, viii probably
be One Million of Dollars, This sum- at moderate in.
tersst viii yield income which, added The other re-.
of the State, will be sufficient support the Co.
vernnent. would, therefore, respectfully recommend
that the fund be disposed of nuke il, by loan on
good security, available when required to redeem our
pledge, and profitable whilst i, remains on deposite
So. RliLLEDGEyILLE, Nov. Is
Elections of u States Senato1--The Hon. Alfred Cuh.
bert has been elected Senator from Georgia the
Congress of the u States. The vote was as follows:
$50. Frs, Baliohag. Second Ralio,ing.
Alfred Cathbert, l07 Alfred Cuthbert, i2S
John W. Campbell, 107 John ". Campbell, a03
Jacob Wood, IS Jacob Wood, Is
Scattering, Scattering, S
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eightysere and hundred and srfeen in Bedford
These results dsgraccul to White, Bell e. Co. as
they are honorable Col. Polk and his Republican con-
stiluenls.
a friend writes to us from Woodbury., that 'Fan Blu
rem will get at lra>. 4 10 in Cannon, and ; 10 l in
Warren"
We have room for further comments to-day. In
addition ~ former statements add some partial
returns, promising t.L we have doubt OF the Van
Buren, ticket Obtaining ma ori,y in the Hon. Cave
Juhnsons Congressional District.
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- MiLLEDGEyILLE, Nov. Is. 4
Elections of u States Senator-The Hon Alfred Cuih.
bert has been reelected Senator from Georgia ia The
Congress of the U. States. The vote was as follows
-. First BalioiinS. Second Ruyotins.
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SPEED THE NAILS :

The Northern Mail now reaches US from Tuesday
LAST by the Rail Road Car at 2 past clock instead
Of This brings The Washington papers of the
morning and thus we are enabled benceforth to add
P. S. Summary to our paper.-We shall sketch, but in
short hand, only what is most mportant:-
CoScREss-We Wednesday,, June 10.
SxyATE-A message was received from the President,
communicating correspondence with the British Co.
7ernment the subject Of the Northeastern bounda-
lies. The President leaves the Senate decide The pro-
prlety OF publishing it, On Mr.. Clay's motion, 1t was
referred TO the committee Foreign Relatln~-ii -
Mr.. Preston laid on the table resol- DON cains ""
dilion of Texas the Organization OF hef government
aud any espondence be'v~tn our government ana
that of Texas or any Of hpr commissioners
The rcsolu,ion for rs Appointment OF Congress OH
IT. 49, - motion os MIR. White TO reconsider the
o, ~ Itch the Deposite Bill had been re-committed
with instructions to report separate bills &c was de-
bated and carried, ayes g, Il. Mr. wright then
moved TO amend the Instructions, when, on MIR. Web
sters notion was postponed and made tho order for
THURSDAY. .
q X: OF RapREa:xr ,rlvEs.-An hour was lost on Mr.
kdamss motion 70 mend the journal in relation 10 his
claiming the floor Or Monday! Finally, Oh MI Gam,
brelengs motion the previous question was carried ana
il was lost. Ayes 81, nays ll0.
The Supplementary Arkansas and Michigan bills were
passed
The Ohio Boundary Bill also passed. after another
P. Question.
The Publication Bill was taken up-ond much debate
epsued on the amendment increasing the appropriation
for Charleston hnrbor TO 5000 000-no question taken-
the House still in session at clock.
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DE. hTHS

Died Thursday night! the OH inst, Nathaniel Lewis infant
John d. c. Brown ESQ., OF Hickory Boiom Hanover county
Died the 18th instant, the residence o. m BROTHER on Rich
Ill., M cGry Watkins bookseller, and for aany an
iuhnhlumt Of this city.
Many ToopvLLE tho second daughter Of the late Cnpt John
Lewis the Sweet Springs and the amable consor Of James L.
Woovlc Esq, Of Fincas: Eoteuurt county, She
departed hi. lie the 9Th the 3h Of her afer
painful Illness which she bore with Christian patience aud
fortitue-Mrs. Wouv hus left husband and child tpse
relatives and friends lament her untincly fate
Though become and often full
this smH tIibue to departed worth cannot
permit deter him from recording the truth relation
to bis deceased friend. AS wife, Mira. W. cheerful ipci.
neighbour she justly beloved of
her constaucyo tho she was cafia" una bt
pcvo.nt-o aictcI she mnlsterIns nng
ever amcu,nc their contributing their relfcTo
Orphan brothers and sisters she was mother Long WIN ner
nesbors relatives eoc which has deprived them OF
friend at aniabc kind, mud so Instructive Long VIII
husband di<pcnsnon which separates hin'
and wo he was SO iony
exemplary good conduct aud OF such Pfuicnce 10 Inc
domestic But ~ her son. just rising
into when til" prccepts and example OF such
mother are calculated durable aud important impress
Of his nuIe chaTacet- huy DC justly a'u'
that his loss is irrcparable.
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AIAKKETS-JuxE 10Th. 1896.

flour has been very dull during the week, with sales
at So Id sc 3s-Yeslerday there was more demand
with sllcs ct S. 9. ,
Toc,ccoTnspec,ions not large for the season. though
the REGENTS are considerable Within week, common
and mddna qualities sell little higher, particularly The
later wv, -. 20. Ut 80.
TT AND AT NUCTlON.-The land upon which the
Subscriber at present resides will be sold at public
auction on Saturday, the 25th june The tract con.
,a;ns about 800 acres in the counties of Orange and
ouisa between the head waters of the South Anna Ri
yer and the Richmond and larrisonbuTg road and less
than half mile from the village of GoTdonsville.-
About one half cleared and half wood land;
siderable portion of the latter is prime tobacco land-l5
10 20 acres of which, have been cut down years. and
now lie nearly ready for crpp-the whole enclosed rs
woodland pasture, With Is or 20 acres cleared Of the
undegrowlh leaving the towering oaks which produce
profitable crops Of acorns with good grazing underneath
The cleared land is all in state of improvement from
clover and plaster and free from gully gall! cons
Gerabe part Of the tract is meadow land with vein OF
limestone through it. Three neveI.fa'Eg springs o.
good within 100 yards of the doof-wo9o eq"sIS
convenent-snd part of Virginia more
dwelling houses somewhat out Of repair; Ice, IoouS
houses &c The Louisa Rail road to toro0hsvlle
pass Immediately by one end Of the tract O
half cash the balance on interest," bearing iuho
PAYABLE annually, secured by deed OF trust;
12-2t
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The Ereshet on Me JameS Rirer.

The Lexington (Va) Union states, that considerable
loss had been sustained in washing away fences, gram
grass, &c.-that the Bridge the James RIVER At
the intersection of the Canal has been carried o and
the Canal itself greatly damaged The FTrge OF mr..
Edward Jordan, Simpsons Creek, in Allegheny mas
been also swept away, and not veslge OF It et' Ills
dam also vas carried OFF"
The Buchanan Advocate of The 10Th inst also says:
awe have been informed that the different streams, IN
our vicinity have not been high for the last thirty
years. as they have been within the last Jour or hve
previous 10 last Sunday which had saturated the earth
that the immense torrents of rain that fell on that night
and Monday morning. ran off ediately, and swelled
the creeks to such extent that the water soon over
flowed their banks covered the low GROUNDS IN lner VI
cnity and swept almost every thing before it, fences
Nindams, Mills, &c.-and although no Bridges, that We
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CITY LOAN OF Of an ordnance aIseS
rzns City Richmond passed 18TH !une o'
proposals will DO received Chamberlain Oce OF aa Ivy
until the 18th Of July for loaa of 800 bearing
Of payable half yearly the OheS OF he
Chamberlain md redsem.bIc the lst of January l no PFC
will be received for smaller than five hundred doiiars
Or fractional part hundred dollars rate than par
| -'0-0I WM P. SHEPPARD, Chan6sraia:
luna H. l2-tl5
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hear Of, have been carried off, yet we understand
that have been seriously injured. We are inform
ed that il will least $3O0UO to repair the DANA
ges that have been sustained the Catawba alone 1t
is said that il will take $4,000 te repair the fences, &c
on the estate of the late Gen Breckenridge, and the Ca
tawba Iron Works Co have been heavy sufferers having
had Mill, Mildum, Furnace DAM &c swept away and
the stack of their furnace seriously injured that the
furnace "bew OUT and what is still lamentable
hired negro man LOST his life in attempting to some
property deposited i'll the MILL he struck by of
the 'inibrrs and sunk 10 rise alive no more We nave
no correct information of The amount of damage sustained
Craigs Creek but presume it must be heavy US il
raised sixteen feet above low water mark" -
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Al GREEKS, on tie .fec Roal; May Goth, 1885,

Hon. C. G. CLAY:
SIR am instructed by COL Shsckleford to comHlu-
ncate to you The fact that he has but few moments
since learned from Mr. F. Ashust, who but now on his
return 10 Montgomery from Tuskegee, that a scouting
party of Indians and whites, whilst scouting the country
Yesterday discovered encampnent but recently occu
Died by Indians From Information which these scouts
and others bring in, the dsatftc,on is supposed I" be
much more general than at first imagined len
Woodward and others suppose them to be at least Ooo
The scouting party discovering the encampment re-
tired Immediately experimenting an attack. Mr. Ashursl
informs him that party of Indians and whites lett tins
morning in search of them If these reports be true and
there appears to be certainty in them than many
that we have heard, COL shackefod would suggest the
propriety of sending immediate renorcements tie has
but seven thousand cartridges, not sufficient number
10 fill the boxes Of the men now under his
He would therefore ask Of your Exceency further
snnnlv of ammunition. He would also refer you to
nart Of the communication made yesterday with regard
10 the proprety of keeping open the communication be-
tween his detachment and Montgomery, as The encamp
ment Of the hostile Indians situated twenty or twenty
Ave miles from the Bridge at Caluba-the road being
through wilderness country Col shackletord dstasn
ment will reach Tuskegee tonight II IS now ha altet
ten and we are within seven miles OF that place re iei'
1F Il HALL Regimentat .9dj.
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Tile Triui Df Puitosup

Most Of the New York Editors are fsAliug lie JatIe
orcr aruin Their voice certainly does not confirm the
verdict Of the jury. The Times the Evening Post the
Sun, the Courier and Enquirer, all speak of Kobnsons
guilt They contend, that he had every advantage in the
omitted from neglect or design. The Sun boldly pro-
nnunces him the murderer Of Ellen Jewett ond un
dertakes ,o prove to the satisfaction of every honest
man in the country" We Lave read the testimony most
carefully, and lean TO the opinion.
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From the .Ae,c York Star of June IA }

LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM EseLAsD.-By the
packet ship Independence, Capt Nye, it will be perceived
we have news OF the hig hest interest from England.
The Irish Corporation BIZ has received ST. sueh amend
power so entirely in tho hands Of TIE Lord Lieutenant,
that il amoua.o a.eee:ion of the measure as It came
up from IL Commons This has placed the two houses
in direct collision with each other and threatens to carry
matters such extremes may possibly end in the re-
newal of the of the proecorate under Cromwell
and then fno the dissolution Of the Lords and the abo.
ton of the peerage the abrogaon least Of the laws OF
'primoge nlture
The new French legion for Spain 70 assembling ct
Pau, and will be composed Of ten battalions.
The recent brilliant successes Of Cen Evans, and the
in the Procuradores against Cordova will cause
it is hough:s the remoTatof the latter from the com
mand of The Queen armies. The London Sun says he
will be much formidable opponent if left at the
head of the army in the Basques than in training his
bloodless blade along the Prado'
The Carst General Egua has retreated teiofe Gen.
Evans to Gupuscoa: to protect Don Caros-that pro-
vince being the only one remaining where he has any
control.
The French foreign legion in Spain, when increased as
i. is about be, will amount to Is 600 men under Cen
Bernelle.
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WARWICK COUNTY.
Republican CORRESPONDING Commute,

Republican, Corresponding C0mmAtse.
G. Lane Corbin, Armslead Haughton, Augustine
Moore, John Gambol, John Jones, Jr, John Haughton,
William Marrow, William Jones, Thomas Cary Curtis,
Richard Crando John HARRISON Jr, Samuel Face Jas.
Gambol The said Committee is requested to meet at
Faces Store, the third Saturday in June.
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The Legislature of Connecticut passedtwo Resolutions
near the Gloss OF lie session. declaring that Congress
had right interfere with the question Of Slavery IN
The different States and another rganst the expedcney
of is,erserinp with the District Of Columbia.
The Mhis Legislature Of Pennsylvania have iHdetl-
naeiy pOstpOnsd their obno:sious Resolutions