Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-08-09
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION.


ki!R,cr Of n Letter from .RaLEiGH, Aug 8, 1899.
"Bynum elected in the Halifax District BY sec ma.
lorly-all the returns in.
Sheppard beats Btdle (Whig) in the Newburn Dis.
ret between 700 and 800 mo ority. Huzza! Warren
District. Haw sns and billiard, both Democrats up to the
hub-dysd IN tie 'oool-Sub Treasury-anh Bdnk-dntt.
Gay-snd for Martin Fan Buren,: doubtful which is
.ec'ed 10 day The report is, that Hiard has beaten
Yesterday The victory was claimed by Haw.
Sias By majority Of Mree-cose work. The Wings
can tfun candidate at all in this District
"Our prospects most cheering. We shall without
coDb' re elect Montgomery in the Raleigh District
-Su'n OF, A n Shepherd in the Caswell District, and
Dshsrfy The Fayetteville Distrct-re-elect Mckay
IN he Wilmington and Connor in the Lincoln District,
WIN s prospect of running in Sawyer in the Eden
Ion Dsirc,-caming thus out Of the Is Represent
u'e and perhaps 9, our chance Is good one even
IN The Rowan District.
The old North State is for Van Buren, by 10000 ma.
lo'y and viii give it in 1870 Chez ring indeed for the
good cause
from another Lsut7-GreenciHe, " c., August 6.
'HUzzA FOR NORTH CAROLINA!
u Sheppard, Republican, has beat Biddle by ma
lory Of 5000 mu CHI for the National lntcllgen
Ger CLOSE vote and doubtful result
Counties. Sheppard Btdde
johnson POI maj
Wayne 5G9 do
Greene 81 mai.
r. S Since writing the above we have full returns,
except from small precinct in Carteret. ShepPards
majority 7Cs
'Bynum is re elected by au increased majority.
"Ncth Carolina will be found sound for Martin Van
huren The Wings have scarcely mentioned H. Clay
Curing the campaign: they have avoided him on every
occason when during the campaign his name comes
S,lofe u.s. you will find Wing majorities in any OF the
Congressional Disric,s-few, I will assure you
a slip from the Phenix Office (Whig) contains the
following:
Fell returns from Curruck county have just been
received and are for
Sawyer " b. 5ea
Rayner (W) ia
Savers majority 435
"Rayner's ma iorily in Camden is BAL. The Wings
viii elect their candidate in this district by at least 500
majority"
Sawyer is 81 ahead; and Gates Perquimens, Pasquo-
,sns ard Hartford ye, 10 be heard from The Boston
Alias calculated thai Rayners majority would be ooO
In The Ord District, the Rslegh Standard states that
1hs election in Tyre county takes place on three Sc
vs'al days-viz Friday last, the Cd inst, "Wednesday
,he 1'h and Friday the 9th. Mr. Sanly will be elected
hy diminished Eaiority-and told that this re.
tU was brought about by local differences on the sub
lsct Of internal improvement and that the District IS
strictly Democratic"
The Globe says: 'The news from North Carolina is
cheering. The Hon. Jesse A. Bynum, against whom
me Opposition directed all their strength during his long
sOsence in Louisiana (where he recently MARKEDLY is
elected by 9uadrupled majority. II was reported
nal ne had abandoned North Csrona-had domicliated
himself In Louisiana, where he owned property; and:
me foundation Of these reports and the lean ma
!ny Of 20 obtained by him the previous election,
s'.eon6deny predicted by The Wing press every where
mas he would be distanced-and 10! it is his old adver
y, MIR Long, who is left far behind. II is not i'm
p.0oaoie that Mr. Long will make long and short of it,
aVlng the course 10 Mr.. Bynum uncontested for the
NO people ever had more faithful Representative