Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-05-11
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VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.

VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.
We announced the eeaerat rtsAh IN our last paper
There are YET a lev counties, however, from which
the returns had not been received. Among them
are the following:
LOUDOuN, 10 deeea'cs) LOWS Beard Coz,
S1nford J. Ramry G7G Henry 7. Harrison 667,
flno h, IA, lor, J r. 5I7 tall Wings the three for
mer elected)-M1son 252. Giasscock .03, Dowe
leg. (Locos) Tile Enquirer states the average
Wing raj ,e, in Ills county 10 be - II is near
er G00-aud mex tli' will be IN the peighborhood
Of 1000 about twice as large the Loco ma uty
in Rockingham, andfnlly equal o that IN Sheuan
doal-thc two crack counties Of the Enquirer.
LEE-Iisbutne YAM elected. No Wing oppo-
stion althtugh pa,les sail 10 be neatly equally
balauerd 10 lhe fall tins county, heretofore nealy
unanimous lor the Administration, Will give osttoug
Wing vote.
SCOTT-Beycrs tVan) COG, Dulancy do 1877
Caldwell (Whiel $50. Wei done Tor Scott! In
1896, II our mcnor, serves HE Wing vote in Scott
less than bakers dozen.
PRESTON-Wm. G. Brown YAM 4O6, VIM.
i Faillx tWhie) 40. No change.
1 AYSON-Wm. y ,Ihiuson 532 Samuel Cox
2l2-bolh vanles change,
WooD-Johu NJ. Stephenson (Whig) ACC, Sc
pteH -. Nfdlc AM 134 NO tUht &C.
FAYETTE x NICnOLAS-Addson Me
Laughl1n (Whig) is elcclcd IN rl &c Of George Al
dcrsou Nv } beating Mr.. \. aud Van Boten caudi-
date by considerable majonly.
LOGAN-GltuJy Farley is elected from this couu-
~, without opposition. Tie Enquirer saws lie is "a
good Democrat" and We know that he Was SO two
years 40. Bal We have been informed that he has
conc out ion Hanison; aud # ibis be true, The En-
qui,e,s "ealc Is al dough" We incline TO lhuk
1t Is une, too, Gom the fact thai he was permitted
without opposition IN county which asI year
elected Col. Lawson, Why, by a lage majority,
who intended, know, be candidate for ne cleo
lion when he lef Richmond. However. we shah nor
transfer Logan to the Wing list until we obtain more
/ authentic Information.
BRANFON x WlS--Thc election in these
counties (sendng delcgate) remains To be heard
roa. We have heretofore counted II, on the au-
thot'ty of rnmor, rs "A Wig district; and thong
subsequent iunols are hadic oty, we shall con
: nnue so 10 count II until We farther informed.
. The Wing majority, on joint ballot, remains as
: stded IN our asl-ten certain contngently 10. In
this estimate we have reference. OF course to the
contested clectlons-the Wings oontesting IN Snlyth
Montgomery, Roanoke, Bath Louisa, Fairfax and
o Dinwid lie and the Locos in Hanover, Buckingham
: Caroline, Charlotte ~ d Spot>, vania. The Wing
strength viii, We have doabt, be increased by the
result Of lh1 Sc contests should all of Them be perss
ted IN, which will hardl, be the In Frederick
as our readers are aware, there conflicting re-
turns as 10 one delegate but The law is so plain and
emphatic In its provisions, that there is no room 10
doubt that the Wing candidate who received the
casting vote Of " the officer conducting the cleo
lion at the COURTEOUS" viii obtain the seat There
is just as ltlle, hnk, that The contest in Motto
ny will likewise be determined m favor ofthe Y hig
Eyenthe Petersburg Statesman, an Administrators.
pint expresses the opinion that the Sheriff had no
light TO count tie votes on The back OF the poll and
consequently that hIs conduct in giving the return
to the Van Buren, CANDIDATE. IL, gal.
As soon as We shall have perfected the returns we
shall publish complete lis. of the members elect
We shall also take all pains 10 iutnsh our reader,
wth an accurate statement of the popular vote in
every county in which there has beena contest be.
tween the parlies-and add to 1t The vote of last
Spring in those counties where, this year, therc was
no political Struggle This VIII enable them to
Judge lot themselves Of the probable result, "nexl
Eau without relying upon The pr phecies Ct men,
WHO, apart from these facts, have no means OF form
TNig an opinon.-ln the time, in order to show
the progress The great Cwl Resol lion which is
no" going on, and to which So many pallotic eyes.
are directed as the ouly means ofreevng the coun-
ny OF the Incubus which sits uron it, like the night
mare pa'alyzng all ts encrsicsaud of restoring the
Republican principles Of our ia,hcrs, Ne submit The
following comparative staten nj of The woe in 1889
"nd lo4O ~ 90 counIlcs aud borougls, heard from
Tor "hch We are indebted 10 that valuable paper the
/ BaHtmore Pdo, edited by Gen. Dun Green:
IL le4l. In $50
Wing I72a on soo