Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-08-27

VINO are certainly as we'll qualified as Mr.. Calhoun
TO decide upon the Influence Of public measure.
upon Southern interests, and who are not less in
teres'ej than he IN defending those interests.
ELECTIONS.
!, NORTH CAROLINA-Thls state has dane
weh.-she has elected la Wing Governor = Wing
Senate and Wing House of Commons The Raj
elgh Register s;sss returns from 81 out of the 65
counties which have elc..ed % Wings and IS Van
Buren, men, giving the Wings majority of IL
The three counties not heard from we1, represented
last year by Administration men and if they Ls.,
done so this year the Wing majority will he IL
IN the Senate aud 6 in the House of Commons
The vote for Governor ihus fan is for Dudley 20.
| 10 for Branch lG,345-Dndey's majority 1926
From the Baltimore Patriot
ILLINOIS.
We have returns aud reports believed TO be
correct from 30 counties of Illnos-these are said
10 have returned the following members to the
/ House OF Representatives Wings. 30 Loco Foco
l2, Conservatives, doubtful, |.
Returns are in from Senatorial Districts each
elecung one member, as follows: Wings Il: Loco
s toco Conservative >.
The State contains 60 counties. So that the &C.
counts thus fan III must eeessa, be nconclusive as
10 the result. The, are however favorable. lrthcy
eontlnne to come as good, the Wings may be well
satisfied.
MISSOURI.
In seventeen counties heard from the Wing can
didates for Congress are Ills ahead THIS is good
So lar. There alc 4G counties in the State. The
Senate consists of 80 members aud the House OF
Delegates Of 81.
From the Richmond Irhg.
We received no additional returns yesterday from
any of the elections recent, held.
In the States which have Just voted, the Wings,
50 far as we have heard, have succeeded beyond
] iheH expectations, In Louisiana North Carolina,
kentucky and Indiana, from which alone we have
received returns, VIII ch place the result beyond
question: the Wings have tnmphcd by large
ma1oiItics, elcctng each OF those States the
Governor and both branches of the Legislature.
In Alabama, Illinois and Missouri, the other
States which held elections this summer the Admins
uatlon party II successful has been So h, a largely
diminished ma oruv The retnfnsrom - counties
in Alabama give y Wings and % V. Il. The
Northern and Loco Foco part oflheSate to be heard
from.
Ia 50 Counties in Illinois, Carln ". b. Can
inlae ior Governor) is reported IA l91, Edwards
wv II 563.. Calm probably elected. The Loco
Foco Candidates ioI Congress also probably C.
leced. In II Senatorial Districts each cccting one
the Wings have O. the Loco Fncos 3, aud Conserya-
tses ?. In 81 Counties the Wings have elected to
IA" House of Representatives, 81, Loco Focos p,
Conservatives ,.
NoihihS lultncf nom Missouri. he st. Louis
Argus claims the State for the Administration by a
large majority. There hasbeen an awful trembling
among the Loco tocos about the result We hope
II may yet prove not without cause, at any rates
that IT may have wholesome effect
Facts IA Hc rcHrm5crea.-tipt 10 the period OF the
discovery, by Congressional committee ofinvesica-
ton, OF the dTanged and embarrassed CONDITION of
the Post Office Department, under the idminlstra-
ton OF Mr. Barry, the official reports from that De-
pratmcnt, well as the Messages of The President,
represented it to be i'll asound aud healthy condition
Yet the application OF the people proved it TO be full
OF corruption. And Maj. Barry was compelled. by
a unanimously public Scn,iment,-even the pari
Fans oil the Administration being slenced by the re-
'elat'ons winch idh inquiry into the condition of
his Department had bazoncd abroad TO etre from
It's control. What It's present condition is, can
not tell The official reports of course represent it
i'll affair point of lisht-but have what little
credit is to BE- attached TO them more cases than
Some future impartial committee of investipa-
ton may lay bare TO public scrutiny abuses
Gus and as great, as, dntng Maj. Bary's time, be .
came piled mountain high before they were detect
ed and exposed
The Navy Department presentsa similar topic Of
comment. Up to the retirement of tx Secretary
Dickerson, the Annual Reports and Messages never
failed to speak of its discp pine swell as fits sevI-
ces in the most lofty tone Of euiogy. But scarcely
has he turned his back, when without waiting for a
Congressional inquiry, the Globe, apparently speak
ing oy authority, admits ha, It's esprdu corps has
been desire ycd-that its officers longer the
chvarons heroes who bore our flag in triumph over
every sea,-tut that they miserable set OF
iicious "cut-purses aud cnt-throats;" that they
are lazy louis" who continually cnGcavoriug
to eyade the performance OF then duties that they
acuatcd by the spirit of tincrs and cobblers; ~
and other phrases, cqunly delicate and compliment
tmy. What has produced this sudden change of
tonel Has all this mighty change been wrought
since December, 1897, When the President and the
Secretary of the Navy highly euogjzed the dis
cpllne and good conduct of the Navy and its Off
GERS
The Army. too, has been in State Of like disor-
ganization, though, more fortunate, ii has not had
show cred upon it the abuse; and the Treasury
! Department is paral, zed and bankrupt
What do all these facts evidenced Do they not
prove that the administration of the government has
fallen into inbecIle aud incompetent hands-,nd
point 10 the necessity OF speedy change! DO they
not Likewise show that the Official Reports from the