Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-05-19
DIVIDING TIE SPOILs,

upon the maxim that o the sciurs belyne The spols :"
is he divisi,n ii The pund.r an"ne the qLerrs. In
political victories, as in military. however. il generally
happens, that The commanding Generals fall principal
heirs to Them occasionally a captain aud drill
gean' cmng in for snacks-whis, the great body Of The
army are ordered to retire their tents, conen, with
their share Of the "glory"
The shout Of triumph occasioned by the recent Loco
TOGO victory in Virginia. having jus, subsidized the par
sans Of the several leaders dsmandng for them
the trophies Of the fight There are believe. bo,
Offices Of much "h"nor and prf" in the gift Of the Le-
gisature; and we infer. from presen, indications. tina,
he compe'i'in r both o them will b. If fierce,
least warm and excited.
For Governor ('he present incumbent being constitu-
tionally ineligible,y Locopco paper has already
brought frward as his the name Of William
Lucas Of Jefferson couny-a name Of very little celeb
rliy, aud almost wholly unknown in .'these diggns -
Ills CLAIMS SO lar as conveTsani with Them are
as meagre as his fame is crcumscrbed Ofwhat he h,
done tor the Common wealth. that h. should he called 10
preside over lis desiines confess our unance nor
have his parlizans as yet enlightened u.s. The only
argument yet adduced in his behalf is based umn his
recent defeat, by brother Locctoco in the district
which he represented in The last Congress The wound
mn cied by one Of his househuld it is feared per
haps Will tester and gangrene if emien be not ap-
Piled by others Of his brethren; and the ds,ric, nav
be thereby endangered two years hence. Wei, the
reason is good one 81 far party interest. are nvo
ved But is the Govern"r's house To be converted into
hospital for ulhe Of wounded leaders II would
indeed, seem So the only other individual vi, u
peny suggested for the Chief Magsiracy is I,Lu Ruth
eoord Of Richmond. another Scared We eran no how
ever was not. like Mr. Lucas, wounded exactly .n the
house Of his friends" although une Of them impelled the
shaft that pierced him. he was "prusc ribed," after
n'ne years hard service in the Executive Council which
has just nothing To do. and for DUNG which ii, is said
and We doub, not truly, very escreuy we) he had
received only the paltry of uine Thousand dollars
which, in addition IL his saary and perquses Of some
S3OOO per annum as Principal Agent Of the Mutual
ssurance Society, zoe think pretty fat plckings even
as times 90 Well: what are his claims None thai
VIZ Know of. but his rounds An amiable gentleman
YET certainly moi remarkable for talents he is still less So
'"r services :. 50 far as we are apprised Are slight
scratches like his, to be deemed worthy of such high
stations II 80. We would recommend To Capt John
r wiley to ask his friends 10 pruscribe him next win
ier-as his opponents will not BIZ quite strong enough to
prosecute him into fame and ufice. II is a winning
game, 1t that Is the way il is 10 be played! Other
names are Whispered for this high saiion-,houoh as
vel The newspapers have not heralded them abruad-a
mong them tina, Of fdreu Stevenson Esq is the most
prominent. lie was wounded too-very seriously WI.
hear, though moi mnrlally-when James Buchanan was
appointed Secretary Of State by Mr. Polk and ofcourse
court plaster is essential to his recovery However
the mission 10 Great Britain is vacant vet: and who
knows but he may again have it in his power to nego-
,iaie with Lord Aberdeen. and To ruslcae with my
Earl Leicester 2" Nous FERROUS,
For the office Of Senator, to succecd Mr. Riyes-
(who can I'LL his place ?)-unv paper has venured
tom make nomlnaiion-the Taucy Star-which. for
some reason other doubtless a very cogent one has
two strings to its bow. The Star is in favor of WI
liam Smith Esq. (Extra,) if an Eastern man is to be
the recipient of this high honor; and if Western man
Of one Isaac PennyLaeker Esq.
("Phnbus, what n name
"To sound eternal through the trump of FnmepD
II we mistake not, Mr. Pennybackrr is of the county
of Shenandoah; and he fills the post Of Judge of the
L. s. District Cour, for Western Virginia. In this con
test the first named gentleman has decidedly the
'age, if the rule referred to is to govern Smith
has been wounded. Ike Lucas, by his own party--his
Congressional District having been ~ arranged as to b.
decidedly Wing in its complexion, and he thereby pro
scribed because is believed tina, was the only mode by
which some other Districts could be successfully Locs
fco Used. The Shenandoah Judge, on the contrary has
no scars to show and he has been whal for many wears
past in possession Of his fair share oi the "spoils
notwithstanding he has whole skin-more than his
iar share indeed if talents and services are 10 be taken
at all into the estimate neither he one nor the other
being sufficiently brilliant have extended his repua-
ton beyond The meies and bounds Of his old Cungres
SIGNAL. and presen, Judicial District. We think the
party may look beyond either Of The gentlemen named
however, without injury 10 itself or the State Bnt
we are mere lokers on in Vienna. ha wing vice in
the decision the question: and we content ourselves.
therefore, with chIonrng the of the aspan,s,
and showing poor Gears wounds"