The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-04-24
MORE ASTONISHING RESULTS"
April @, ls44.

Old Tdmmany defeated by The city Of Ne,0-
York, and Harper elected by 1000 majOTi-
ty!
The election of Mayor, Alderman and As
sistants, composing the City Government
took place on Tuesday of last week. The
old Tammany ivan BUREN, party. who have
ruled the city for the last two or three years,
nominated Mr.. Coddington; the regular whig
party nominated their last year candidate,
Mr.. Franklin, (who failed through the nom
nation of Native American candidate) and
the Native American party put in nomination
Mr.. James Harper, at the head Of the great
publishing firm, Harper g. Brothers. Mr..
Harper has been uniform wing; and one
great object of the new party, if not the great
est, was reform in the city Government,
charged TO have been unnecessarily expen-
sive and conducted with favoritism, and even
| "profiigacy." In view of the great consid-
erations presented, TO be effected only by a
union, all the wing electors but 5204, at q
late hour. filed in with the new party; and
the result is. great and decided victory, and
the rescue of the city Government from the
old Tammany' ivan BUREN, party.
',Msfcrtunes seldom come single"
The wing candidate for Mayor has beer
elected in Albany by 500 majority-last veal
PIG. Council. II wings, locos.
The great now city of Brooklyn, oppo.
site New Y ork, (loco last year, has also elect
ed wing Government as well as Buffalo
Rochester and Hudson, all loco last year.
Ne,o-Jersey.-In Newark, whig Mayor
elected. In Princeton, the wings carried
their whole ticket. In Trenton, every ware
in the city is wing, gain 105. Same in Eliz
abethtown. Railway, whig majority 40
against 30 last year. In Orange, Livingston
New-P rovidence, Morristown, Chatham, al
whig. In short, (says the account) every
thing appears to be going wing in New-Jer
sey. That State will be most effectually sire
deemed"
Thus it is, that some eight or ten Harriso,
States had been lost, since the "glorlous We
tos" of Mr. Tyler, ION the strength Of which
MIR. Tyler, John Jones Of the Madisonian
Mr.. Hill and a few others are now rallyin,
for Tyler Convention) but most Of them arr
black again." and the prospect is. ALL will
be back seasonably, with Virginia into tn
bargain!
Michigan is looking up.
Chicago has just elected wing Mayor b.
140 majority. New-Orleans loco foco b,
about 200 in St. Louis. whig majority 70
Mayor 232.
There is one very remarkable fact, that al
most every great city in the Union, with tn
capitals of the States, is now whig; Portland
| Bangor and Augusta in Maine, Portsmouth
and Concord in New Hampshire, Boston. Sa
lem, Newburyport. Worcester, Northampton
in Massachusetts, Hartford and Hew-Havei
in Connecticut, Providence and Newport il
! Rhode Island, Burlington, Niddlebury an
Woodstock (but not Montpelier) in Vermont
New York, Trenton and Princeton in New
Jersey, Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pitts
burg in Pennsylvania, Baltimore in Mary
land, Richmond in Virginia, Columbus an
Cincinnati in Ohio. Detroit in Michigan
Lexington in Kentucky, Nashville in Tennes
see, Columbus in Georgia. Mobile in Alaba
ma, and New Orleans in Louisiana.
In view Of tine recent elections in New
York. the Troy Wing says
1.-THE wings of other States may rest as
sured thar New-York will resume her oil
place in the wing line at the Presideniia
[ Election. Never were whig measures NOR,
| popular in this State than at present. Neve
was candidate more firmly entrenched il
the affections o { New orkers than Mr. Cla,
now Is"