Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-08-20
THE ELECTIONS

| A'c gong on giorlouSly, and show as
plainly as the hand writing on the wall, that
the days of Van Burcn's misrule are num-
bered. No man can now doubt the ISSUE
HARRISON will be carried into the Pre-
sidency with the overwhelming force of
whirlwnd.
kenfucky.-The returns as far as receive
complete and incomplete, embracing fifty
four counties, give the Wing candidate for
Governor, Mr.. Letcher, 81 ,37G, and the Van
Buren, candidate, MIR. French, I7,I5l-eav-
ing the handsome Wing majority of 1926.
From some of the counties the majorities only
are reported. The Wings have carried abou,
two-thirds ofthe Legislature.
I,adiana.-The returns from this Stale are
nearly complete, there being only two coun-
ties that have not been heard from Mr.. Big
ger, the Wing candidate for Governor, is O.
lected by upwards of 10000 majority over his
Van Buren, competitors MIR. Howard. Mr..
Lane (Whig) is believed to be elected to
Congress i'll the place of Mr. Howard, who
resigned to run for Governor. In the Iepis.
islature, the Wings have made nearly clean
sweep-last year parties stood Wings 80.
Van Buren, AZ, so far as the elections have
been heard from-this year. CT Wings to 10
Van Buren,. The whole Legislature stood
Wings 39, Van Buren, CO.
Hhnots.--from this State, we have but few
returns as yet, but these, as far as thew 90.
are highly fattering to the Wings. The
whole Wing ticket has prevailed in Samoa
mon, Morgan, Scott, Coles, Menard, Clarke,
and Vermillion Except Coroner.) In Ed
gar, one Wing and one Van Buren, represent
tative.-Fayette, Wing representative elect
ed.-ln Madison, Jersey, Kane, Peoria and
Mclean, Wings are elected.-In Gallatin.
st. Clair, Will, Cook, and Champapne conn
ties, Van Buren, men are elected.
LATEST.-A letter from yandalia. of the
|th' states that the Wings have carried 30
representatives so far, and the Van Buren,
ties Is.
-. WELL DONE, ALABAMA.
:. The following letter, in the National Intel
ligencer OF yesterday, goes to confirm the ac-
counts stated In our postscript of yesterday:
baltimore .2mcrican
kINGsToN, (Ala.) Aug. !, 1910.
Enclosed send you some account of our
elections. You will see that there is some
prospect OF Wing majority on joint ballot
In the Legislature. There are in the Senate
thlrty-three members; in the House one hun
bred members. We have certainly fifteen
\" hlgs In the Senate, and forty-eight Wings
In the House, and good prospect for eight
or ten more. In haste, truly yours.
The Globe of yesterday publishes an ac-
count from the Montgomery Advertiser extra,
which Pnrports to furnish the full result of
the election for State Senate, and SAYS
The Senate, including those elected this.
year, stands, 10 Democrats, to ii Wings,
giving us majority in that body of livc
NORTH Carolina.-The news by the lass
mails leaves no doubt Of the election of a
Wing Governor, Wing Senate, Wing House
oil commons, and of consequence two Who
T. ,. Senators. The Wing gain of 3 in Or
ange, and In Robson, added to the 6 pre-
viousiy stated, makes the Wing gain H.
Inc locos have gained 3, which distracted
leave clear Wing gain of 8. Mooreheads
majority Is estimated at from to thousand.
a letter from loco foco in Raleigh to friend
In Richmond says 1--WE learn from TUESDAYS
"hig') that ''the Wing majority in Fishers
district is 5000, which is an eytinouisber ,o
oil our hopes. The other districts will swell
Moorehead's majority to or 5000"
Judge Mangum is elected to the State Sc
nate.
+. 5; A passenger in the Cars yesterday,
stated that complete returns had been received
In Raleigh, and that Morehead's majority was
nearly SEVEN THOUSAND, and that the
w mig majority on joint ballot was at least
IHlRII !! This is almost too rood I, he
true !-Richmond mig Of Tuesday.
In Missouri-The contest is hot. but we
can form no conclusion from the few returns
The st. Louis Bulletin of the 18th
says las lar as heard from parties stand in
the same relation as heretofore. We have
made gain of6 Representatives and Seua-
tor, and lost 81
u Governor GfIMER is now on tour
of m npptinn To Tho, IL,