Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-08-30

ELECTIONS


North CARoLiNA.-ThisS State has e,
iecied wing Governor. "a Wing Senate,
an1 w hig House oi Commons. The FOL
owing Is from the Raleigh Reg lister ot the
20th INST.
"rhere are 65 counties in this State sen.
ding ITO members, returns from all which
have come TO hand, except Macon, Haywood
and fancy. ln the last Legislature, these
counties we're represented by AdminIst,a.
ton men. Should this again be the case
then the Wings will have, on joint ballot, q
clear majority Of lbs in the Senate, and &
In the House. III there he any gain in either
county, 1t will increase tho majority 90
much"
The vote for Governor in GO counties
stand.-for DUDLEY 29,l7O; BRANCH
1886.
KENTucKY.-The Lexington Intellisen.
Ger vi Aug IA, says, 1.-The returns, thus
far, exhibit about the same result as last
year. The Wing majority in the Legisla-
lure will be overwhelming"
From the Nat. intellgencer of august 30.
MIssoUnI.-The ST. Louis Republican
oil Aug. IL furnishes returns from thirty
counties, which give The following aggre-
gates, including the Senators elected two
yeais aSos anu et III, VIZ.
Senate. House.
Wings, l3 "a
Van Buren,, 10 Is
OF the Is Wing Senators, oil are newly
elected, save one; Of the 10 Van Buren, Sen
alors, seven are old, aud only three new
The Republican says:
elm the last Legislature, the Senate con-
tanned tfue Wings, and the House nineteen.
Now there are already double that num-
Der, and we look Tor sufficient accession Ia
! our cause to make IL respected iii that body
We failed To elect u Representative in ST.
Genevieve by only six votes, although the
remainder Oi our ticket was carried by about
fifteen vu;es. II was worse in Clark, for
there We lost the Representative 10y two
vules, and elected The balauce Of the tic keI.
The Senator from Montgomery aud Lin
cola was elected by four Votes
The Argus of the llth, administration
paper, on the other hand, Claims a Complete
! triumph in the Stale, and contains the fol
lowing, which we do not see how 10 recon,
cise with The above statement:
"rwenty one counties, embracing all the
strong holds OF Federalism in the State, had
been heard from, which have elected "a
Democratic and % Federal Representatives,
Democratic aud I Federal Senator'S"
INDIANA.-The returns from this State
continue favorable, aud leave no doubt OF a
thorough Wing victory.
ILLINoIs.-We are unable TO tell, from
the scattering returns which have reached
us from this State, how the elections have
resulted; but The Administration papers
claim il for their party and with probability
ALABAMA.-A slip from the office oi
the Mobile Mercantile Advertiser OF the
10Th inst. gives US The result of the Stale e.
lection in % counties, which have returned
81 Wings and 26 Van Buren, men. This is
much better, So far, than we expected. In
the Congressional district made vacant by
the death of MIR. LawIer, Mr.. CRAZE the
"hig candidate, was upwards of 700 ahead
all the counties heard from bu. one, and is
no doubt elected
Colonel Erwin has retired from The con-
test in The Congressional district lately reps
resented 10y MIR. Lawler; so tina. General
Crsbb is The only Wing candidate in the
field