Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-12-06
MARYLAND ELECT1oS

r, AND ELECTION.
me result Of this election has h..
yvorable 70 the Wings, as far ' - 0Ssn "a
from. In Baltimore, the mo;a.; a. heart
Steele, the Viii g candidate for a.. q Nj,
was " the majority of the VIII
s aa1es Tor Senate and ASSEMBLY w. ea1dt
Inc whole number of votes nola ""s 1853
city was 1926, which fell sbor, .'u IN the
the registered voters. This do I"oo d
may have been occasioned, in par, ih ,
excessive riots, of which we have W The
accounts, and the awless obstrnc, ,eFoaI
terPosed in some of the wards ~ " ~ To-
proach of Wing voters. At one ' os ap
polls, we understand the mob took n VI 'n'
sion. and kept it until twelve q c, posses
the day; and it was no, until ,b o'OIA q
and high constable backed by large r S"erlf
arrived and cleared way for the c; 'G.veS'
that Wing vote was permitted n ha
en-. A judge of election in one " gV '
wards we learn will be prosecuted f. /" lne
nving at this violence and at othe, NJ ' .on-
full proceedings. The Admnlstra,iaonn'a w'
ty, we observed poIed nearly as m pat.
votes as they had previously register
assuming that they displayed tbei, Gu
strength in opposition to the registry . ,an
so that the deficient 1850 may Be sci do u"
as nearly all Wings.
The Chronicle thus announces The viz
tory in Baltimore:
"The Wings of Baltimore have cove,od
themselves all over with glory! After on.
of the most unprecedented and widen,
struggles which have ever occurred ~
any election, the Wings have carried ,hoi,
whole ticket in this city by an ayeror.
majority Of 1856! We have onIv time ~
congratulate the noble the invjncpo
Wings of the city onthe glorious triumnb
they have achieved, and to saw to tbs
Wings of the Union that never was vie.
tory more CALAMITY won, or more desper.
ately contested by their opponents. We
cannot say more in this mornings pane,
or detail the scenes of violence which oc.
CURED, and which threatened at one time
to destroy all hope Of our success. To.
morrow we shall detail, in full, these oul. /
RACES"
The annexed note, from the editor Of
the Chronicle as we'll as the above refer.
ence to "outrages," goes to confirm our
verbal accounts Of the riotous scenes of
the day and following night;
"The undersigned returns the ferei
thanks ofa greatful heart to the chiwl.
rous Wings by whom his office was pro.
tected, last night, from threatened violence
and sack-and TO Coils. O'Donnel 4
Glass. Lieutenant Col. Pinckney, olaS
Jameson and Grieves, Cdpts. Robb and
Cooney, LIS. Barroll and Hunt, and their
respective corps, who, at one O'Clock Ia the
morning, at ten minutes notice assembled
and dispersed the mob by whom tn.
peaceful citizens in front Of his office were
repeatedly assailed He also presents hi,
thanks to the Sheriff, who, on this occa
sion, displayed the proper qualities Of his
responsible office. No one can rAgrei
more deeply than the undersigned the ne
cessity for such protection. but every
peaceful citizen will perceive in tho +
promptness with which it was RENDERED
the security which he now possesses in
Baltimore against the violence of the mob \
He will take an early occasion to lay be. \
fore the public the history of the last day |
and night--a day and night full of all the |
horrors that belong to the usurped domn'
ion Of INSTRUMENTATION and riot.
NELSON POE"
The election which took place in Mary.
land, on Wednesday, is the first that has
been held under the new Constitution;
new, at least, in the mode Of electing the
Executive and Legislature of the State.
1t embraced the choice of a Governor,
who is to serve three years; State Sen.
ate Of twenty-one members; one-third oil
whom are to serve six years, one-ihrd
four, and the other third two years; and
Members of the House Of Delegates, 10 (
serve one year. Each county and the e.
ty Of Baltimore are entitled to one Sena'
tor; and the number Of Delegates to the
lower House ranges from three to hvelO'
each county and the city according toPOp
Enthusiastically, the Governor was
appointed by the Legislature2 and the
Senate was elected for five years, by acoF
lege Of electors chosen for that purpose
National htelhgencer
GEORGIA repenerated and Disseminated