Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-11-08
From the hie,c York E Post of Tucsdnu)
STATE OF THE POLL THE FIRST DAY.
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II will be from these tables, that the result Of
yesterday thus far favorable TO the Democracy There
hns been falling Of" both sides since last fall, tut The
loss Of the Wings much greater than that of the De-
mocrats In their strong holds, the LIST, Cd, Sd 9Th and
18th wards there has been vast dminuon of the Wing
strength In the three lower wards alone they have al
ready lost more than HALF THOUSAND votes and 10 the
aggregate Of the wards in which they accustomed
TO obtain msjnrilies there has been falling off of nine
hundred and thirty one, nearly THOUSAND VOTES
The decrease Of the Democratic is about two hun
bred.
and Eighth tina, generally under the denomination
OF lie wads majores in them varying from side TO
the other according 10 circumstances They, however,
each gave decided majority for Varian in the spring,
and elected all their Democratic Aldermen and Assistant
Aldermen These wards exhibit an aggregate gain over
the las, falls Of The first day oil Two hundred and
eighty four.
The N Y Herald the only paper, besides the Post,
which applies the test to The first day returns; and
adds. by way of commentary:
"rhese curious facts 1t viii be perceived that,
as compared with The fist days of last Fall and last
Spring, the aggregate vote Of yesterday is deficient
abou, 9 800 votes This represents The amount OF per.
either staying at home prevented from voting
The first day by the distractions oil the new election law
Giving every allowance for The latter cause II 10 proba-
BILE the city less excited politically than those
two elections about 500 voes II also appears that
the Wing wards most defcient-and OF course, the
probability that the Democrats ahead last night
at least fire hundred oo'es IL this be SO, the Wings will
lose the city by from 500 TO 800 votes II is certain
that great and positive lukewarmness pervades The
Whig and that tremendous excitement animalss the
Democrats 1.-THE Wings carry the election at all they
will have TO out to-day better Than yesterday
That's oil we have to say. Many of the merchants
voting the Democratic ticket; and the Subtreasury sys
TEN has more friends than dreamed of n our Pho
suphy +"
The N Express of Tuesday evening states, that so
far that day, The baloling proceeds in peace and
order, far hear. and with good deal of anima
ton Order islrestored in the 4h ward. All is qne,
in the 9th The press at the polls in the 9TH has been
heavy, but every thing is conducted with good humor
and calmness
II is idle for make any estimate Of the result in
the City, in the Stale; the fact will tread SO fast
upon The heel of the prediction The contest has been
ferce and it may be close one We must carry i out
Of the Districts the Senatc-and it is scarcey
reasonable to expect such result I've must gain -
members TO have majority OF the House Of 7ssemby
Some of friends count upon such an accession But
order it, obtain the vote Ut the Guy
which, of ITSELF eleclsl3 members We calculate with
confidence upnn gain IN the House, and IN the
Popular vote-But on one thing we do count with the
u,mns, con Mr. Vnn Buren, scarryingN York
in lS40-We never believe, after the nnbe example
which almost every other State in The Union has exhl
b,ed that New York, MIR Van Buren, State, will
shrink from her duty to him, we'll as to the great Prin
c.ples of the Democracy of Thomas Jefferson.
THE ABOLITIONlSTs-sgain
The Albany Argus states, that " The Anti Slavery
Society Of that county have addressed heterogeneous to
the several candidates nomination for the surages Of
the people They declare among other things. that they
will support who does not answer their intero
gaorrs, and who does not also answer them all IN The
affirmative" The Argus call for the answers which
have been given by The several candidates
The Abotonsis Of Massachusetts are subjeciing the
candidates in that State TO the same system OF inquis
toria interrogatories Mondays mail brought US the
replies from Governor Edward Everett and George
Hull The Wing candidates for Governor and Lieutenant
Guvernor-and we lament the manner, in which
they succumbing TO the requslons of the Fanatics
Mr. Borden The part of the Abolitonisls puts these
questions
"s, are you in favor immediate abolition by law,
Slavery the District OF Columbia aud tho slave ac between
the States ofhis Union:
state tho Constitution and Government Of which osfae
Governor Everett "responds to both these) inquiries
in the st native Mr HULL after some little paa yer
ing that, "t seems TO me that The General Co.
have right 10 abolish slavery in The District
Of Columbia-to prohibit the domestic slave trade ana
10 refuse the admission Of States whose Constitution
tores domestic slavery and that they should exercise
it," Thus both these Wing candidates are in favor OF
carrying out three measures, any Of which would
tear this blessed Union in pieces: So reckless are these
asprants for Office According to such politicians, 81
Florida knocks at the door for admission into the Unon
she first sci her slaves Free and exPunge IRON her
Constitution every clause that toeraes domestic slavery
We shall see BY their votes which Of the parties in The
North is friendly TO the rights OF the South and The sta
bli,y of the Union i,sef But suspect it will turn
out, that larger proportion of the Northern wings are
against us-and Of the Democrats in our favor.
"Tae Practice in the Courts Of Lao and Equity in pa
V0L 3.
Mr. C. Robinson Attorney at Law in this city, is about
10 present Public with The Sd Volume OF the admirable
series Of Law Books, which bear the above Title we
have seen printed copy OF this Sd Volume, ana IL EN-
braces $50 pages The two fnmer volumes are so wen
known 10 The gentlemen of the Profession in rgi"a
and elsewhere that think il only necessary TO claim
the present volume the same interest anu circulation
which belong 10 The others The whole Praei'ce on
Criminal Prosecutions from the commitment To the YER
dict, is here sci forh-embracing the very important
doctrine Of The rules for impanneng the Jury large
proportion of the present volume ia also gwen 10 ne
Pfacice in cases before Courts OF Probate one oil Inc
most interesting and complicated branches Of urisPru.
dence But the following Preface will better point ou'
the Authors views, and The contents OF the Book:
PREFACE TO THE THIRD VOLUME
"After publishing my two former volumes one e"i
bracipp The practice in Courts of Law in civil cases, and
the other the practice in suits in equity, felt strong
desire make the work more complete by the aooon
OF third volume upon the practice IN other cases II
happened however, that in the Summer follo"ins .ne
publication of The second volume was induced TO &C.
cept office, which, though my frienos thooghl
would not interfere in any great degree with my probes
sion, proved nevertheless one OF so much iaoour aho
involving so much responsibility and consequent on1'e
~ as 10 make ,npossble for me while held IT, TO carly
GU! any such design that which have intima'ea =
My resignation OF that Office during the last autumn, mas
permitted me since TO pursue my profession as
ever and has also enabled 10 employ the vacation OF
the Court Of Appeals in the composition of this volume
ain reparng it'll hav heretofore, generally AVOIDED
making of The contents Of English publications. he
writer Of American law book, seems 10 me 10 perform
more valuable service, in turning 10 account the male
rails which our country affords. Upvn almost every
matter the English decisions collected IN some woTk
which treats of the particular subject But Is oheI
wise in regard to the American adudicntions We want
these adiudcaons and especially those of the Stale In
which we ive collected together, systematically ar
ranged and commented upon and explained where com
men, and explanation seem desirable .,
"Hsvnp early determined to cite no case until nad