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House nf Delrgotss.
HALIFAX ELECTION.

"HotJat, My "a knowing tina, you anxious
10 ascertain the result Of the elections throughout the
Old Dominion, speedily as possible, lhasten 10 ia
form you Of the result in this cUuniyhaving just
ceired foil return from the different precincts We
had six county candidates fire DrmoerOts and Hhig,
Gen Darlington. One Of the candidates elected. Capt
Csrk.) has heretofore been Conservative, and be
lieve is still individually; but he has pledged him.
self uneqniVocay 10 give TO the present Admlnslra
ton thorough and hearty suppnrt-io vote for tho.
rough going Sub Treasury man for U S. Senator, &c.
Owing TO the ihnness of The election we have not
given Capt Coles, the Democratic candidate for Con.
gress, as large majority in the county, gene
rally anticipated; consequently, am lsboring under
some apprphensions 10 the final result Of The Con
gressional election Nevertheless, entertain a lively
land in some degee) sanguine hupe Of Coles success
however, those doubts and fears will in few DAYS be
put 10 rrst. But ! annex a statement Of the polls,
which is the main object OF this communication also
designate The precincts that you land your neghbor tool
mar kpap the sttnnG pnin;s in AaiEsx
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LOUISA


"Court House, Nay "a The Louisa election . !
on And at this place we had an animated coOt'
terday between Gordon and Garland for Cons'
well as our county candidates Major Garland Wa
yesterday and made pouerful appeal TO The -"
traton party. and asked if they could lnrn oul :
servant for differing with the President one i''
He read letter from Mr.. Clay Of Kentucky, q"
the charges about the coalition. about which, 'A :.
as we'll as the Major, said much Some OF We ~ !.
est Buren, men in The county voted tor MN, ~
knows full well that no man could gel on mere y
people unless hr went on the ".Hagieian,s popo'
The Major said he should not answer for Tue =
others, that those who opposed him were trying
meet him with MIR. Riyes. But as to Crit'erd'n,
Bill. &c, he was opposed to, and he was hsH"'s
OWL hook :,
"Gordon was not here 10 expose the wrong W..
that Garland was the most Of an AdmnIsfaha
Of the two. | think, myself. he made the strong.
ministraton speech that he has made here io' ="
In this county Gordon will probably gets smsn =,
Some Of the people are alarmed at the ioes
Trrasury-we hear good deal OF nonsense
Currency for the People and another Tor ."e
ment; and some suppose that all The counI
be collected in gold and silver, &c. argome .,.a
ing 10 man Of intelligence. But when 20.
lion 10 in 1910, between our Democratic rfes y.
Buren,, and the po,oer Of The people on one s,'
Clay. or any other Janus double faced uche!
moneyed Bank power, on the other. the yron'Tra
land will then speak in voice OF thunoe, 4, ~
will be fairly made between The power o. W. Iss,s
the one side, and the incorporated banking ' Vr,s
the other. Is it possible, that The people o. nrr
of the u States, will give the banks any mo'r r,r
than they already have?-They have sneaU :,,,hy
much Of their power in granting eIcias, y. .aS ~
now 70 give these institutions the whor max,
troll Of the public money. the use o. D., IT, isJorn!
can derive no benefit from it, but desIau.d, d
With their pone-, transferred into the manu- h
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Richmond, Va, Friday, May 81
Virginia Election Returns.
BOTETOURT-l Del.
Three Cheers for old Bofetourt'
I'ietory! pietory!!
Th,ies glorious tiefory!!'
L. gy--aIi Huy=a

Thrice glorious PtE'Uy''
Hu.zn! Hu.=a!! Huz=a!!!
mBotetourt, May 23--I embrace The earliest oppor'n
o;,y of informing you that this good old county 10 once
NOR. redeemed regenfrsed and dIsenthrord from the
.sb,ckles Of Federalism, Whigism and Conservatism
combined BY the election Of Major Hannah, Thorough,
going Sub Treasury Republican, to the next House oil
Delegates, by najory only ringing three s"'es from
what stated you. that he would sfceise In my ie.el
Of the 18th inst and call you now. Sir, together
with our Republican friends all over the Union. 10 re-
i,ce with US over the most important Democratic VIC
ory that we have gained in the last 20 years. victory
ihst has already sounded the death knell OF wing I'm
seryasn and forever prosirsied the unholy and amo
tous d. signs Of Vim e Rives so far IS old bote'opIl
is concerned You well know. my dear Sir, Inc gSnt
odds ,ha, were sgans, in the late contest havnf.s
the speaking talents in the county the goat PERSONA
oupuiarity Of our late Conservative Delegate Colonel
Sharks who was still sailing under the Republican nag,
and The whole Whig party TO contend agnins as ven
the most untring personal exeriions oil The I""nsiS
extensive and wealthy family connections; with no'he
TO ose, all these but the justice of our cause and e
jealous and we'll drect.d Efforts and Giro OF two Ne
publican committees appointed BY the people in our meet
ings Of the 22d February and lth March last; and y
we have triumphed nobly rumphed over al The parties
factions and combinations that united ana fofmed
10 defeat us s il, therefore, too much 10 AK OF you
and DOR Republican friends rejoice with u.s. al so sg
nal q victory obinned under such circumstances. Inc
following is the state OF the polls:
nj aofSS
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CraIg maJnrIty %O1 :, :,
"Mr Craig doubtless re elected to Congress a''ho
many Of the misguided Republican friends of C" Shanks
contributed to defeat that result by g'rng single shots
for Shnnks The friends of Capt Craig will recollect
this hereafter shall probably give you more txlen.
sve history of the whole campaign, when have more
leisure Mr.. Craig ably represented here by John
Le,cher, Esq, Of Lexington If the most promising
and talented young men in The Old Dominion In the
course of his speech, he stripped The Sub Treasury bill
of all it's terrors and satisfied the old grey hrsdrd Re-
pubicans Of the county, (who frequently rherred him
nn had been rgrrg"usy misrppresentrd 10 them
You may Judge of the excitement that existed here by
the number of voles-m"rp having been pollrd yeser
day. than ever had been taken any previous county
election. notwithstanding We had lost 300 or 400 votes by
the formation nf Roanoke.
"Since wiring the above. have heard that Mr. Sn-
der is elected in Roanoke glad Of this, as learn
that he will give the Administration a cordial support
ALLEGHANY-l DEL
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NOTICE.

The principal Assessors assigned the first district
having flushed their abours in the counties Of North
ampton, Acconack, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, will
THIS day leave Portsmouth aud proceed to Nausernond,
.nen 10 i*ie ct Wight, then TO Surry then 10 Prince
Se"rge Then TO Sussex. then 10 Southampton then TO
ornens','le then 10 Brunswick then Dnwiddie, then
and Chrster6eld. and expect to arrive n
Richmond about the tenth of June next
JOSIAH HOI,LEMhN and o,key,
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Coles's maj.

"H1ttaz H Nay M-Brlow you will find state.
men of The polls Of all the candidates for this county
and also for The Congressional candidates of the district
Of which this county composes psr Waiter Coles the
Republican candidate, soy Van buren,, SIS votes for
Congress Vincent Wiicber, Federslis,, under the az,
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deem it unnecessary for me to give you the political
character of either candidate as am convinced you are
well acquainted with Them
BEDFORD-2 DEL
"Libeytv Man 1o-a.ccrding 10 request send youa
fu and cnrrecl return of The vote in Bedford county
Ii4sY (uiLuM, IL. elarnEnt:
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HIS maJrFIIy,
mECKLENBURG-2 Delegates.

MECKLENBURG-2 Delegates.
"NtkienJurg, .Nny25 -Agrefnbly to PROMISE SEM
YOU the result the election for this county from which
las received lis qmleius in Mrcklenburg The Wings
have heretofore conented that Mechlenburg was doubt
fol. Lu, now acknowledge they are fairly defeated ana
that the Ccngrrssiona poll ID fair slate OF The parties
rerhsps Sir, this success is attributable 10 great mes
suite 10 cur being free Of railroads and livery stables
"CiurkseiHe May 25 Sir: According to your re-.
quest, hasten to forward you the state OF The polls
IL Meckenhurg. SIS received by me, of each precinct
and OF each candidate. which are as follows:
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Hol!eman's majority

PRINCESS ANNE Del
sour polls have Just closed, rather have just h
from the precinct election at Kempsvi!ls. The h
cracy Of Princess Anne have done nobIy We '
demolrshing Federal Whipgery in this county.
former stronghold in this District The Wings, %
morning Of the election, claimed two or three hun:
majority in thus county and about 3 O'clock. you I"
saw SO many long faces. Both parties here haze g
great exertions. and have polled The largest s'
given al Spring eIec,inn-The " higs even hr0ueh
blind OF their party 10 the polls Princess Anne ha
tainly secured The election Of Holleman over me
commita candidate. in this District. and VT should
elected our delegate, but for the aid the wings rec"
from Norfolk Borough. The Wings here who hs"
merly been rejoicing hundreds, now. 10! and BEL
they rejoice a. eec,ing their county candidate BY I
rity Of g! for. they thought j, was gone case un'
heard from kempsville. Another 'uch victory o.:
delsl Whgeery is done in this county The '0"1
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GENERAL ORDERS,
No. %.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Adjutaut GenelaI's Office,
Wnslin,to, Auv pn IsoQ

No. 70, Adjutaut Ggneals Office,
Washington, Nay 20, 1890
With view TO the better Instruction OF the troops
and improvement Of the discipline Of the Army such
portions Of the Regiments OF Dragons, Artillery, and
Infantry may be Withdrawn from their stations with
out dermeni to other interests Of The service will be
concentrated during the months at
nient point best calculated for camp of instruction
The arduous and 6esuory service in hich the troops
have been so long engaged the unavoidable dsmsn
inent ot The regiments, and separation Of many off
from duty in The line while employed other ser
vice, could hardly fail greatly impair the esprit de
corps Of The Army we'll It's discipline and tficien-
cy These mus! be restored, and every proper tfnrl
speedily made to place the service foundation which
will ensure lis steady and uniform advancement.
The occssions concentration ofcom Of the came
regiment, and the bringing together troops of different
where all the duties Of The officer and soldier Of
The several corps of the army may he strictly and sys,e
matically performed, from the school OF the company
10 the rvru'i"ns OF The ine necessary steps be
taken I" effect this desirable object.
MAJOR General Scott is charged with the formation
and direction Of the proposed camp of instruction, the
officer as he may designate. In choosing position for
tie camp regard will be had 10 heah cheapness, and
facility n irsprporalinn both Of troops and supplied
The rules aad regulst"ns. and established ayslpm for
eact Of esrVice, will be punclualy observed snd
strictly practised and other than the prescribed mill.
larry dress will be worn
All necessary supplies and transportation will be
promptly furnished by the respective departments othe
staff and Two officers OF each branch of that service
will be ordered without delay to report TO Major Gene.
raj Scott for duty at the camp Of instruction
BY order of the Secretary nf War:
JONES, .3djuiant General.
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.um.d name Of whig, aGt votes for Congress raw
Taylor, for the Virginia Assembly oas '0I Jonathan
Rn,,n. General Edward G Caringr"n. J" hg) IGo
votes You will perceive t'rst The sotr ah'' W ."''
county is short one, owing, think TO me ouSy
son of the year. and contrary 10 The rrpre's"h - may
of MS for there was quite PScie,nr -. 'i''
Of The election, growing uut Of Tie oPpos'l"
W. H. Clark principally You will SCI 'ha' ms a"I" IS
riv oyer Essry 7vhn was considered The opponent ~
a, ID Clark is 43 Clark has bren irfnitd o"h'".y ~
his comments in several cnnvassfs heretofore o"'
c,nn"t be KEEP, under BY Them any I"ngT he s pe p.
have taken his case in hand and they will give MN. JUS
lice in spite of his opponents CLARK very V','a,us
and worthy man, and will make usa safe aud valuable
representative ,rp
"charlOtte H., Nay "a. -Aareably to your Requests
| send you the result # our election
For tie State Legislature &C.,
Wyatt Cardwcli l"hig) Suo
DR.. Garden, (Admj 90
Cardwell's majority, %
Fer Congress.
ILL., 1875
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House Of Delegates.
Mann ~. BY Carpe

For Gongress-Moore 4l5
Craig 246
Moores majority 1863
For Scnae-Ppytnn 423
Brooke IS
Peytons majority S2S
For House Of Deiegutss- 40
Dorman 5l5
Steele no
Jordan I25
"kicssrs Steele and Jordan were not :orma! cardi
dates; poll merely opened for then BY their friends
PITTSYLVANlA-l DEL
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OF q ESPECI.

Al meeting of the Justices Of the Court Hu'ngs
OF the Courthouse, Tuesday, the 2c'h day o. ways
1885,
Francis Wicker, Recorder, was appointed chairman
and Charles Howard secretary.
The following resolutions were ao"p'eei
The Justices or the Court of Hastings being informed
of The death Of JossrH TArE ESQ., Mayor OF this city,
and being DESTROYS Of iesying their sense OF his WORN.
os public officer and also citizen, and their gef al
his loss, do resolve,
That they will attend his funeral to br held tomorrow
mnrpng al 10 clock al his late residence and that They
will wear Grape on The lett arm for 81 days
Ressped aLso That it hs recommended to the c'tzens
generally close their places Of business from the hour
Of 10 10 l2 o'clock, during The funeral.
f. WICKER, Chmn
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BORDER NEws.--lt appears from an article in the
Bangor Democrat that the rumnrs Of trouble on The
border are extremely grnundless. The Land Agent,
Mr.. Jarvis had received letter from Mr.. Laughlin
the BRUSH Warden, dated Frrderckton, in which he
said he Ire point Of starting with posse Of thirty
TO visit ST Frances and Fish Rivers, and saying he
should be gEaird TO him there be supposed the
object Of both was The same, viz 10 secure the timber
by awess people las, winter. He further said that
few days before, while at Madawaska he had occasion
to address letter The officer command of the
posse at Fish river and had received very !aconic an
swpr II also appears that Mr. Mclaughlin had subse
qurny visited Fish river and the logs had there
been sci adr but by whom had not been ascertaned
10 The ST. Augustine News OF. The lIlh inst. says
that Mr. DowSsG is elected delegate Congress from
Florida The result had not been fully sscerlaiued
however.
The Government has lately realized $500 OG0 from
the sales Of the public lands in the Milwaukee District
Wisconsin. The money has been deposited in the Chi.
csgo Branch Bank.-N o Bulletin.
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"Tay10F m5JhflIy To tHe TWO COUNTIES Io3
Smith is reelected from Gloucester Csl'cu b.,
IL"
GLOUCESTER-I Del
/" Gloueester {. II May 27.-C1 the 25,h ms, .!
dressed you in compliance with your circular, dated Tie
sih.inst giving you The result Of the election Of
county the preceding day now send yon The hnsIi,.
suit at the close Of the third and last day urnisht n.
by the sheriff, and may be considered official. 1t hu
been close and very animated contest.
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PAGE-1 DIT.
"Lu,ay. May "a. Our eecDn is just over Happily
the body polite is but little infected in this county with
either Whiggery Conservatism. Scarcely the germ
Of these kindred heresrs in this ancient fortress
Of Mr.. Jefferson The candidates were all, therefore,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS result as follows: /
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LANCASTER AxD. RICHMOND DEL
"KamArHses, (Loneastcr) !Hny i drop line 10
inform you Of the state Of The polls in this coun,y-we
Mr. Taiiofsrros majority over Dr. Grayson was 81
and Mr. Taylce (Whig) over Col Beiield adm "a
Polls kept open, but the Wing maionty will reach 49,
or perhaps over. The Administration party are quite
disappointed they had strong hopes Of dividing the
county,.
"Harsap, (Riehmond county, yHay 25.-l here with
send you statement Of The poll taken 10 this
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Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-03-14

plimentng the Speaker FOR his faithful and
impartial performance Of the duties OF his
office Mr. Prentiss of Mississippi moved
10 strike out the word IMPARTIAL. He said
he had experienced himself enough of his
Partially that he could not vote for the
resolution without contradicting himself,
for. he had on former occasions charged
him with partially; that the House
had recently decided, he could not be trus-
ted when they voted to choose the lnVestI-
eating Committee by ballot; and that his
arrangements of the Standing Committees
was IA standing evidence Of his Partially.
The previous question was soon put, and
the main question ordered, on which The
vote stood ayes 81, nays 81.
3 A. M. The Senate have Just passed
resolution TO adjourn from this hour to ten
o CLOCK a seven hours recess.
4 O'clock, A. NJ The House have
come from Committee into the House IN
the midst of debate upon the Fortiicallon
Bel which is but an amendment to the
Army Bill Without passing the Bill, the
House has concurred with the Senate, and
will NEE, tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
Cur correspondent REMARKS upon tile
Army Bill, "rhus ends the discussion upon
most important Bll,-which though II
seelnss bclhgcraut is nevertheless intended
rs Il pacific measure" ''ln peace prepare
for war;" has been the prime pie upon
which the members supporting the bill have
acted.
In the nate Tonight twas remarked
during the discussion, that "a war with Great
Britain was possible and even probable-and
that too, within twelve months.
From United States Gazette OF this
morning
WAsHiNGToy MARCH cd, 183o--night
The Border War Bill has just passed the
Senate unanimously. 1t has been reported
to the House, signed by the Speaker, and
only requires the signature ofthe President
TO become law of the land.
The signature will be had in few sec
ends and By the middle Of NEXT week, you
will prob ably have the notes of the shriIl
fife and tones of The hollow drum
sthe bill authorscs the President to
accept the service Of so, 600 volunteers,
and places $4,000 600, at his disposal, /
do not see how we can escape war.
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THE TELEGRAPH.
B AT H M E.:
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH

o. To Patrons. We would remind
all who are indebted to us for papers, that
we are within three weeks SAIL of the end
of the third volume 1t is time, therefore.
that we were making preparations for a..
mother voyage. We could carry, without
the slightest inconvenience, three or four
hundred, or more, paying passengers, and
we hope our friends in the different towns,
will give US helping hand. And, as we
shall have to pay off our crew, and other
pressing demands, on reaching port, we
shall have expect. nay more, we must de-
mand, that ALL PERSONS Immediately
walk up, and pay their fare.
n. 3. Immediate attention, is requested.
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TUESDAY, Feb.

TUESDAY,, Feb. &c.
Passed to be ngrossed-additiona TO cs-
tablish the Maine, n. H., and .Massachn-
selts Railroad ca; additional to regulate
the inspection Of beef and pork
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 81.
The Bill making the private property of
stockholders liable for all cooperate deb,s
was taken up, and refused passage by
yeas and nays as follows
Yeas-.Nessrs. Barker, Comsiock, Lit
tetield, Perkins, Prince, Smart aud VIII
iiams-7.
Nays--Nessrs Belcher, Bontele, Bowles,
Bradley, Dulnont, Emery, Ersknc, Cross,
Holden, Jaqucs, Norton, O$good, Parsons,
/. Reed, VIM. M Reed--l5
WEDNESDAY, March g.
4 message was received from the Cow
ernor saying that there was vacancy in
the office of Major General of the 9Th Dyi-
sion of Maine Militia, caused by the resie-
nation OF Benz, Burgess.
Pissed to be engrossed-Act to lncor-
porate the kennebec Stage Company.
THURSDAY, March 7.
Mr. Litllcheld from the Committee, APP
pointed to enquire when the Legislature
may have recess, reported that recess
may be had from aud after Thursday next
Passed TO be Observation-Disclosures the
County Commissioners of Lincoln to lay
out road in i.isbon---to extend the iuris-
dicton Of the Kennebec Log Driving Com
pany
Finally passed. Resolve for the extern
sion OF the Aroostook Road.
FRIDAY, March 8.
Mr. Boutellc from the committee to which
was referred the Resolve for the enlist
ment Of Volunteers, reported that it con-
tanned several provisions inconsistent with
the Constitutions Of this State and Of the
q. States, and therefore ought not to pass
Report and Resolves laid on the table.
IN THE HOUSE.
WEDNESDAY,, Feb. 81.
On motion Of lEr Bradbury of New
! Gloucester, ordered, that the judiciary
Committee inquire into the necessity OF pas
sing an additional act for the benefit Of poor
debtors who have given bonds TO disclose
but are now engaged in the military service
: Of the State.
On motion Of mr. Deering, ordered, that
the Judiciary Committee be instructed tc
inquire into the expectancy Of fixing the
compensation of County Commissioners a
two dollars a day.
Bill establishing Board Of Education
f came from the Senate referred to the Legis.
laure. A2r llsey moved that the House
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The House theL
concurred.
On motion of .7Er Cole, Ordered, Tha
the Committee on Finance inquire into tbs
{ expedoncy Of reporting State tax for th'
current year.
Resolves read once and Tomorrow as
signed-for the survey of the townships OF
the Aroostook into lots for the appoint
ment of a military storekeeper and for 9th
er purposes.
Bill read twice and Tomorrow assigned
additional to incorporate the Maine ant
New Hampshire Railroad Co.
Bill notwithstanding fees of justice
writs.
= WEDNESDAY, March 6.
On motion of Mr. Leyensaler, ordered
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

washington, March !, 1883,
Extract from letter received at this De-
partment from the United State Consul at
st Pierre, Martinique, dated February Z.
1889.
" have to inform your honor that in
consequence of recent disaster, the Gov
ernor and Council have been pleased to
throw open the ports OF this island for the
next: six months on all kinds of bread stuffs
and building materials, free for duty.