The New York herald., 1844-10-05

returns from the State of Maryland Yesterday, Of
the election for Governor and other State
officers, held on Wednesday, produced great
excitement throughoutth city, and created almost
fresh panic amongst the wings, with correspon-
ding rise OF spirits amongst the locofocos. Full
returns were received only from the city and coun-
" OF Baltimore, with partial returns from ether
parts OF the State; but enough to show that ths
suit' as compared with the great election of lS4O,
when the wings carried the State by nearly five
thousand majority, will exhibit most exlraordi-
nary change in the minds Of the people OF Mary
land on the issues before them at the present time
we take the fuli returns OF the city of Balti-
more as data on which to base calculation in an
tcipation OF what we may receive in day or two,
we will find that the whig majority Of five thou
sand has fallen down to few Hundreds il it should
be even as much as that. in l84O, the aggregate
vote taken at the general election was 62, $50
basipg our calculation ON the full returns from
Baltimore, the aggregate will now be 1920. 1t
will be reeollected that the estimate, based on the
actual returns of 1910, recently given in the Ma
tiomat htelligencer, Of the probable vote TO be
taken in Maryland this year, was given at "a, 800
within ninety OF the actual result We are per-
suaded from these returns, and we have no doubt
when the full result in this State is known, it will
oC nSSA Wy usis shot the gre at
crease in the vote in Baltimore, it is only a ma
tural increase, aud that the cry already raised in
certain quarters OF "iraud"-" fraud"-is utterly
false and absurd On any ordinary election an
immense mass of the voters stay away from the
polls. We have already shown that during the last
three years nearly eight hundred thousand legal
voters have not visited the polls at ALL Nor do we
believe that in this recent electionin Maryland the
frrll NH NJ laUa hava hann ako Put
4 few days will determine the whole matter.
1t is very evident from the returns we have re-
ceived, that the Wings have lost ground immense
ly in Maryland, and that if they carry their Gov
crnor by FIVE or six hundred, they may congratulate
themselves on their success, although it shows
them decrease in their strength Of nearly two
thousand votes in the majority which they had in
1910, and almost making the State tie. No doubt
Mr.. Clay will get the State Of Maryland, but it will
be by very diminished vote aud the influence
of that very elimination, with that Of other facts,
such as the loss Of Maine and Delaware, must OBJ
vlousy exercise very disastrous effect throughout
the country. When Wing States, which have
heretofore given large maortles for the Whig par
ty, are run down to miserable majorites, there
seems to be little chance for the election of Mr..
Clay in all the doubtful and contested States yet to
be heard from-such as New York, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, New Jersey, and others.
The result in Maryland, which has created so
much excitement and panic is easily accounted for
from the operation of a variety Of causes. 1t is
supposed, with great jusness, that the Catholics,
who are very numerous in Maryland, and many If
whom heretofore supported the wings, have taken
fright at the recent events and doings in NewYork
and Philadelphia, have abandoned that party, and
come out for the democrats. This alone is pain
ful element in this remarkable change. II is also
believed that great many ofthe tobacco pantersof
that State, who were favorable to the famous Zo-
Verein Treaty, have abandoned the whig party,
because the Senate rejected that treaty at the late
session of Congress. 1t is likewise believed that
all the friends of Mr.. Calhoun and of the Southern
institutions, have come out in full force to great
extent than in the previous Congressional elec-
ton, which the wings carried by about 1000 ma
jority.
1t is, indeed, evident that the popular tide ia run
ming strongly against Mr. Clay and the wings, and
that the power of this tide is felt not in Maryland
alone, but from Maine to Georgia. Even Mr. Clay
himself, as appears clearly enough from his "con-
fidential' letter to Cassus M. Clay, has already
given expression to his feelings Of dependency,
and begins TO be seriously alarmed at the folly, inn
practicability, absurdity, and the vain endeavors
of great many of his silly friends. The election
In Maryland is another practical evidence of the
truth of Mr.. Cay's "confidental' letter, and also
OF the soundness of the opinions which we have
heretofore given relative to the injudcous conduct
Of the whig leaders, the whig editors, the whg
orators and the whig conventions throughout the
Northern States. Unless the great army Of
neutras-sight hundred thousand strong-be not
operated on successfully by the wings before the
day Of election, the chances of Mr. Clay are, we
feur, gone. And that were, indeed, somewhat
melancholy catastrophe That man like Henry
Cay-so distinguished as statesman and an orator
so honorabIy identified for a long series of years
with the history Of the United States--so favor
ably known abroad-so gifted, so noble-possessed
OF so many fine qualities-faings. too--who that
is human has not faiisgsl-that such man shall
be sacrificed by feos and Marpots like those who
have managed his case in the North, and indeed,
throughout the Union, docs, indeed, appear sad
fate. Can it yet be averted? few weeks will
tell.
OLE BULL.-IIhs great seniss arrived in Boston
| on Thursday, from Newport, R. L., where he has
been soJourning for some time past completing some
musical compositions, he is about to intro
duce to the public. He is expected in this city to-
day, where he is about to give series Of Concerts
forthwith No sooner was it known that this great
| artistic would require the Tabernacle for his con-
certs, than the Rev. David Hale required 800 a
night for the building, which is generally let for
some $50 or $50 night
| ACCIDENT TO PfLoT BoAT.-We learn that the
U. 8 steamer Colonel Harney, Lieut. BartoI, ar
rived at Philadelphia on Thursday morning from
| New York, having in tow the pilot boat Washing
ton, of this city, which sh. run into of Barnegatt,
cutting her dow, to the waters edge. The Wash
ington was pre'ented from sinking Immediately
by careeriAs hr on her side, and mailing canvass
over the breacl After which the steamer took