Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-08


| honorable, h'ghninded man. He has been the most
pcrsrrering and unsuccessful political asprant in the
State OF Virginia. And the most unpopular man in
Washington county, always excepting his =.
I'm cnncinsinn let me admonsh YOU to rscvcre in
'onr arduous dnties aud be of good cheer The people
II Southwestern Virginia will do their duty rest as
snrrd We are in the finest spirits, and calculate on
carrying the day III this district by 9nO ma orlty Be-
tween twenty and thirty persons have changed sides in
our favor, since Mr.. R.ves delivered of hS great
humhuG JACOB FAITHFUL.
an 3 viii Just MENTION that the Wings had been
heating mp for recruits some tour five days before Mr.
Rvcs arrived here for the purpose 81 forming
To conduct him into the village; they managed I" muster
| about twenty, among whom were eight good voies.-
They were much chop-ilen, that they did not come
III until after dark, preterrng darkness to light as usual
j. F."
| From another Correspondent, "ARISGnoS, Aug. -.
| "McDowell of Rockbridrc met Rives at Giles Court
house. tie has since gone 10 Grayson Courthouse,
where there is to be political meeting Tuesday
next GrIgsby of Rockhrdge reached our town to-
day. he is To take the rounds with Mcdowell they IN
tend taking tour through the District. My cal
culat"n is, that our majority in this District will be
| from $500 to 1000
"Coiumbia, Fluvanna co, September 1.-The Demo-
crazy moving mountains before them IN Old Flu
| Many of the old humbugs have been dlssIpaed-and
the new will be so before November.
Mary'and IS perfectly safe :or Mr. Van Buren,. All
accounts, both written and verbal, establish tina,
proposition
DcInrare.-( From Denton, C.HJ tug. 26.)-"Our
party, The Eastern Shore ,0i NJ in fine spirits
about carrying MaryIand Delaware State will 90 for
Van Buren,, without doubt. The Wings along the
Maryland line have given up.
/ PsaasUiraniQ-C Certain by from 10 to $1,000, y
friend writes us yesterday, Gas for Pennsylvania she
IS certainly good for i3,onO
.Nec JcyScy-'. Phdadciphia, Sept IL have had fur
her opportunities of observing the of political
events in Nttc JcySey ! harc doHjt If success
there. The right spirit aulmates our Democracy, and
they are using their best exertons.
EXTRACT otG letter from the most distinguished
men IN y. .jerSey-Stpt /.
"Mr Webster has cundcscendcd 10 eniIhtcn our be-
nahted citizens with his political doctrines, for which
we are under many obligations TO him. His appear
aucc among us giving The weight OF his authority &c
the thousand lies in Ogle sp ech and the Wing publ
cations has reused Democratic spirit, which | have
never witnessed here before. On Friday last, hac
the most numerous and the most cheering Democratic
meeting at Morrstown, that ] have ever at any
place. The result of which, will be- an confident, I,
secure the OF Morris county, at the coming cleo
ton which point of great Importance. All rs gong
on well and feel confident ha, shall at least carry
our me uhrrs Of Congress and Electors
.MsSachn<eus-A letter OF the 3lst August from one
of the ahest in Boston, says-'.We have good
courage here, and intend To carry Massachusetts
Extract tram Tie highest Democratic a"thoriiHn Mas
sachusetls, Sept 2d.-'rhe Democracy of Mas'achu
vote ever ca bv any party at State election III
/ this Commouweal,l--amd we shall poll from t" 1GUO
more than this in November. We think that our OPP
poncn;s will also greatly upon their last year
vote: bu, src think tint IRE ShGF treat them.
Ncc loyE-"Ncw York will certainly give Mr.. '.
Buren, her vote. | stronger and stronger every
day in the belief the CITY will give at least 1900, and
say larger majority, ii the Democrats will only say
So | find good many who call themselves Wings
will vote for Mr. V. b. mean, among the respectable
merchants.
Odo.-We have budget Of letters fon this State, Is
at cast-fom various cities and counties and all breath
me hope spirit and conidcrcc We have not space
t., spare for extracts from ALL We must content our
selves with few specimens:
fro,a ,iour, rernon, kanr Comfy, .i"gnS 10
sYou will see BY the paper have forwarded you, that
We have indeed, had Convention here. 1t was such
a rally in point %! numbers and high but noSslcsS en-
thus asin as no parts vet had IN Ohio Cd Dick
- of himself. prr.rct W'H"@cr'r, as president v Il
would say lis tour his brought oa ia" hidden en-.
thu<iasm with which the Democracy rally 10 his sup
port, Before this reaches you. YOU VII! nave haH m
account of tie coward'r attempt t. a>Sassna,- M'dary
1t was most coward!y transaction on the part OF the
assai!ant--a maturcd attempt at 6SSfS""ni'"h b'ii
Neil Presiden, OF the Clinton Bank OF Columbus and
Benz Riddle, keeper of gambling house, headed the
mob Of bankers aud backegs, who served as Sco"ch ;
body guard.
The fight IN Ohio is perfect tg"r-s-ife Both par
ties contend with an rarncstncsS bordering on dcSpcra
noa Every day gives con:i:cacrin our sue
cess. But mhat a fehth IS!
"'This county (kn"x) in 1886, gave Mr.. Van Buren
375 majority. In ls4O hs majority VIII not be loO
over under 1000.
Fr0w Cincinnati .inr. lI.-;'Thc news from Illinois
is cheering Returns bv This morning Ea continue
Favorable Missouri returns are ais" bright. Oar sue
cess IN Illinois and Missouri, VIII bring every thing up
rri,t again. And If Alabama should be favorable, u
will Show, that Wing cams all ~ my &c. CHF
success 50 far IN Illinois has had most happy elect on
the minds of our friends We generally gave up that
State The cry Of Fire fire the praIres ar" on IRE
and all such stuff rather frightened the t'mi Lac re-
turns all around show that HARRISON will get the States
that voted for him l-G, with perhaps the exception
or Ohio which feel confident VIII give her electoral
vote for Van Buren, And Van Buren, stands as GOOD a
chance Of getting Alabama and Tennessee (White
States u Better Eng as does Harrison.
"fron Sammu CoHnty august !1--''i am more ana
more convinced that shall carry the State tor Van
Buren, and Shannon. The Convention recently held
in Mount Vernon of the largest ever convened
in The State and all quite sanguine OF success inns
fall And have conversed with five or SIX Wings
that were thcre-and they say there IS no doubt but
Shannon will be elected; but say laR can carry the
state The fact is the log cabin and hard cider cnthn
Sasrn has lost lis charms and many OF the So5rr think
my Wings are getting Disguised with II. Us proof OF
the assertion, VIII relate small circumstance: At a
raising in this town. al farmers "t course vote was
taken and ont ofGi there Ii Wings, and at amp
thcr ont Of :} there were 3 Such is tn" feeling mani.
tested among the working men of this part "ttc conn
,rv-and let me say yon IN all candor, that the De-
mocracy were better prepared To tight the ioni
tnrtonS OF this nh" pari with more than seven heads
and Ten h0rnS than they now. ! am IN hopes TO
rive YOU GOOD account Of old Portage alter the cleo
| ton.
From Columbus, .7ng. %, Zone of the best informed
men in the State. )-'''lhe enemy is already begging for
peace 0nd quarters. Let hold them there and all IS
safe In truth never saw better prospects IN ONO
! From CleareIGad, lug. l0.-"Pocs appear TO be
the theme The Whg.ies here do not fire up, hard
cider having lost lis charms long since They, how
ever feel quite sangune Of Old Tip. Judge Wood has
lust returned from circuit through the Northern ana
Western counties and says, the Democracy were never
rmer or in better spirits, and thinks Shannon safe Tor
Governor In fact, from what can learn IN the South
ern and Western parts of The State friends are more
numerous and wider awake, than ever and think the
! Whius will have their hands full, to beat US In our
town and county, there relaxation of energy, and
though they undoubtedly have majority, still wc shall
allow no gam upon US II possible"
From Poriugc countg .i"g. 26.-"Onr elections thus
far are truly cheering to the Democracy THINK Tue
ldes of November will tell mourntu tale TO the c.