Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-05-28
. LIGHT IN THE EAST.

come FORWARD and do all they possibly can IN arrest ns
foul cancer which is spreading alarmngly through
our body polite.
LIGHT IN THE EAST
There is no PoI,ion Of Virginia " here the Democracy
is so last gaining ground, in Hoiemans District
Light Ga WINS apsce in the East. The Isle Las
done her duty and deserves well Of the Republic
She has turned out in The majesty Of her strength, in
behalf Of her talented and fayorite Hoeman has
beat Mallory for Congress by maj ofy Of $50 in The
District Our promising young friend Hodges has bare
ly gotin, by the sSin Of his teeth. His majority all
told does exceed 90, and there enough
The polls Of Isle of Wight TO defeat him. (Hodges
is strong States Right man, and he must abancon
a party, which takes up such laudinous poI.
clan as Henry Clay for their Candidate 10 the Pres-
dency )-Allyna Sub-Treasury Wing, who declared The
other day in the newspapers that lie would vote
the renegade Rves' This words unless instructed
by majority Of all his constituents has beaten the
amiable Cunningham, often the representative of the
Borough of Norfolk In Norfolk county, Cooke ant
Tatem have fought nob!y, and deserved the victory,
which they were nearly graspins Next Spring, when
The Wings haul up the flag Of Ii. Clay, f they dare
do il Old Vrenia) Norfolk county will be entirely
disenlhralled. In Elizabeth City and Warwick, Graf
ford, Wing, but AMI Rves, anti Clay, Qike Gregory
Flames City who succeeds MIR John Tyier) has beaten
Mir Cotton The old Councillor But in Princess Anne,
the shoe cruelty pinches. There, Roberts, the stern,
imprac,cable Wing has barely succeeded by ajority
OF g. The Norfolk Herald scolds like very drab"
the Wings of Princess Anne.
sour asonlshment. (says the Wbg editor) ct the
result Of the Congressional election in tins district
not be exceeded by that which vii! be felt by dis
tant readers when they have seen the results which
give below Our calculations, based upon the
of Wing friends in The counties haye not in The
aggregate very far exceeded the actual majorties but
the complete somerset thrown by Princess Anne, in
which promised, the lowest majority, loO-a
promise that has dwind!ed down TO The miserable
Der of 50 has completely demolished all our we'll found
ed hopes We have either time nor temper 10 lnvest
gate causes 10 utter complaints against our Nhg
friends Princess Anne for counting their gains before
they were sure Of them While they relied on the sup
posed strength Of their edce, their opponents
lively and secretly undermining 1t. While they slept
in anced security the smissaries Of the adverse party
were up and abroad al all hours and in all places &c
We beseech Wing compatr;ot to beware all fur
Their eide rhapsod es, and keep his temper
Uhis Movements The Anti Masonic Convention Of
Pennsylvania adjourned at Harrisburg on the 23d -
"They agreed upon an Electoral Ticket, which will be
published when The candidates shall have sgnied their
acceptance, and given pledge to vote for Harrison and
Webster tx Governors Rltner and Shu!ze head the
ticket, as Senatorial Candidates"
.7noher Sign The last Cincinnati Republican
Gen Harrison mouth piece) refers 10 the course Of
''Ihe Clay faction its calls them (.cal a spade
spode )-and says they are determined 10 have their
way, while the friends of Gen Harrison equally
determined in their course IL IS. therefore. Etd.
roals that eo SETS Of DELEGATES 10 Me National con-
renton will be appointed thus introducing dscord
tina. BODY, and perpsiuating the I'll feeling painfully
engendered. Cannot this misfortune be aVerted;'-
The Republican says reconciliation must be brought
about; and "unless this IS done, there IS no hope of
Pennsylvania the coming Presidential contest, and
,ritOut Pennsylvania tia, contest IS rain display Of
neqkness.
The CLAY faction will find i, to be SO, throughout
he Eaion.-He will never succeed and what mure,
no Wing viii Let Them t!usiera as they ma3, their late
is sealed.
Mr. Rvcs has been pleased 10 make the subject Of
GONE his dlgned structures al the great Amherst Din
ner We shall return the compliment 10 own way
as have time 10 spare from mure important
matters, than Mr.. Rves or hi, attacks.
The A. Y Star points out The 10 It's Wing brethren
awe consider The nomination and election Of Henry
Clay 10 the Presidency certain, If The Administration
psriv loses ground in Vigina We were aware, that
most Of the Wings have been Sighting for Mr. Clay dur.
ing the late EIsction-The People will see The fact
and here, they it avowed-BatMr Clay will
be elected, nominated, If he is TO wait until the
administration party loses ground in Virginia
We stood god fathers TO the bold and vigorous
Vsughan'-But unless he gives "good cause TO
account for his defeat, must strip him Of his
Jriquet He FIRST Dinwiddie by his energy
of which, one Of these days when have nothing
else 10 do, may give very entertaining account
but he has just lost IL, fear IN part by his
weenine confidence. We know, indeed, that The higs
OF Petersburg poured out like locusls upon Dnwidde
but there once time when we thought Vaughan
would have defed and defeated all their bosls.-Din
ndde is still rue-and will prove herself So in the next
struggle.
We have lost our gloves, with Pubus, and will most
cheeru!y honor his draft in favor of any Petersburg
merchant, for the amount. We shall probably claim
revenge another time when know who j! is that is
10 lead the Republican banner in Dinwidde.
The Wings were chuckling yesterday over the elec-
ton of our Wing friend Urquhart in Southampton Is
is no. ependenty Of the letter publish among
our Election Returns, have another of The Oath which
sata,es the Glorious news that Old Southampton IS
redeemed forever Ridley has beaten Urquhar 60 votes
~ IN 4 ,a h,r MIR |
assure they left stone unturned Urauhart only
received % votes the South side of the Nottowsy
river; and he is the strongest man on the Wing side
Success 10 the good cause!
We return our wsrmest thanks 10 the Posmasters in
Virginia for forwarding The earliest returns OF our
late Election. Most oflhe correspondence which crowds
our columns of this morning, is due 10 their courtesy
and kindness
Eeeiion in Florida The Tallahassee Foridan of the
18Th says that The vote upon the adoption OF the Con
stiluon is cose-the result doubfu-and that Colonel
Downing is re elected TO Congress, by or 600 maj
TO TIE EDITOR OF THE F.SQuIRER.
Will you please TO inform US through your paper, what
has become Of our friends. "SimOn Sly and "Itmothy
Dodges" Much concern is manifested for them among
The Wings They seen last Saturday leaving Rich
nond. with several two horse vehicles OF wing VOTERS
Yours, La PIECE
P. S. Some are apprehensire, that they got swam?ed
in the sashes in getting the polls Nigh! this not be
true: We fear the result. Wing said this morning,
Of their voters prevented from getting 10 Cole
Harbour, account Of sly and Dodge OBTAINING the
carriages but that The damned Locos set of and walked
LA p.
S. Please lie, us hear about these things.
FOR THE E-rQCIRER.
Permit me 10 congratulate Mr. Senator Fonaine upon
the result in Old Hanover-,be birth place oil Henry
Clay notwithstanding his Conservative squad of more
than sixty bis long letter in The
Wing dated the lh, hu, no, published until the 2st
inst NOT outstanding the speechess eoquence Of bis
children which called him 10 voie-not y hsan dng
he importation Of drilled voters fiom Richmond White
is elected by more than 80 majority. Louisa too has
gone anti Rres and all The district has done the same
with the exception Of Old Flu, who Will right the
Ship. She never was Wing, never will be-and the |
conduct Of the madcap Senator will be the FIRST thing TO
npen her eyes What vote for the Wing DELEGATE and
he Wing me lnber of Congress-and carry half a
dozen his wagon The les. Evening 10 do he same