The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-01
VIRGINIA.

| We do not desire to usher in the first number of
"The Union" with any pompous flourish Of trum-
pets but Lady Grace says we mean to take every
thing sobery. Yet we must congratulate the country
upon the triumph which the democratic party have
just achieved in the Old Dominion We have not yet
received complete returns from all the State; but we
have sufficient accounts to satisfy us that we have
carried 49, perhaps Ia, out of the Is representa-
lives in Congress-, and majority upon the joint
votes Of the two Houses, which will be sufficient to
secure the election of democratic senator in place
Of VIM. c. Rives, esq ('Star of the Morning, how
art thou fallen!) We must content ourselves with a
summary of the results they have been
ained leaving more copious details for another chap
ter Of our history.
| CoNGREss.-The delegation in the last session
embraced wings and ] democrats. We now car
ry 10 or IA democrats, and leave the wings in pos
session Of 2 members possibly-and probably
| only. Messrs. Atkinson of the LIST or Norfolk
district Dromgoole, Of Brunswick district Tredway,
Of Pitisyvania; Hubbard, of Buckingham; Leake,
Of Albemarle lin place of Goggin, whig) Seldom, of
Richmond, lin place of Mr.. Speaker Jones, DEM
ocrat) Bayly, Of Accomac; Hunter, of Essex,
Gin place Of Newton, whig;) Bedinger Of Jefferson,
lin place of Lucas, democrat;) Taylor, of Shenan-
doah district; Chapman, of Monroe district; and w.
@. Brown, Of the 18th or Monongala district, lin
place Of Steenrod, democrat) certainly elected
These are all democrats.
| The only wing who is yet ascertained to be re-
turned is Mr. John g. Pendleon, Tin place of Chiffon,
| whig,) from the Lcudoun disrict-yet to be heard
from are the 18th, Abingdon district, lately repre-
scented by G. w. Hopkins, and between whom and
Mr.. George, of Tazewel, (both democrats, the
test rests; and the Kanawha, or 14th district, lately
represented by Summers, (whig,) where Joseph
Johnson, (democrat,) and G. d. Camden, (whig,)
were the competitors However these two districts
have gone, we shall sweep the platter, with the ex-
ception Of two wings, and probably only one-and
he is the federal representative of the old federal
Loudoun district--the only one which elected a
federal elector in 1900 to vote for John Adams,
instead of Thomas Jefferson. We trust that, in
stead Of two wings in the next House of Represent
atives, Mr.. J. s. Pendeton will have the unenvied
honor of being the lone star in the brilliant constel-
ation of the next delegation Brilliant, indeed; for,
in addition to the former representatives we shall
have Seldom, and Hunter, and Leake, and Bednger,
and Tredway, and Brown, to appear for the democ-
| racy Of the Old Dominion.
/ SENATE OF VRGMA--At the last session the
democrats had majority of 8; this spring we shall
probably gain and lose senator--making our
present majority in the Senate 10.
HOUSE OF DELEoArEs.--At the last session the
wings had l2 majority. This spring we have al
ready gained the following: Accomac, ID Buck
ingham, ID Caroline, ID Elizabeth City and
Warwick, ID Fairfax, ~ Gloucester, ID Han
over, ID Matthews and Middlesex, ID Mecklen-
burg, ID Spottsylvania, ID Tyler, OIL; and
we have lost Frederick, (2,) Williamsburg, &c, ID
Taylor, Q)--4; being net gain Of Z, or IA mem
bers, giving us majority the lower House.
| We shall Make almost certain, gains in Bath,
ID Floyd, ID Giles and Mercer, ID Wythe, Q)
| a in which case, the democratic majority in the
lower House will be 10, or 20 on joint ballot
| We have a fair chance of gaining, besides, Ca
Pulaski, a. Patrick, ID Richie and Wood, (D
Is.
The northwestern portion Of Virginia has not ac-
complished all that we fairly expected, appears
from the following letter. But 'Virginia ION this
side) the mountains has redeemed the State"
Erfroe. Of letter from
| WHEELING, April 2Sth, ls45.
cit is to be feared that the demon Of dssension has
defeated the moral sentiment Of Virginia. There is
a moral in politics well as IN the church; and
when this is perceived, disregarded, dsunion
defeat, and not unfrequenty rreparable oss is the
consequence. Northwestern Virginia has not much
share in the honors Of the present contest, even if
other parts Of the State repair the losses Of the field
wv G. Brown, esq. is elected to Congress by a
large majority.
"Mier (democrat) is reelected from Brooke.
1 "Edgarton (whIg) without opposition from Ohio.
"Pariott, (whig,) majority II, from Marshall.
/ James q. West democratic gain) from Tyler.
"a. Wade re-elects from Monongalia
i "Hall (whig) is said TO be elected from Taylor.
at is reported that Fawkes (whig) is elected from
i Harrison
Sand il is said Camden is there running Johnson
i close.
/ awe look to Virginia beyond the mountains to re-
| store and retrieve what the northwest has lost
'The poll in this county was unusually and re-
markably small, neither party coming out.n
"The Morgantown Mountaineern states that
Wade is elected delegate in Monongalie, over Coop
er; that Brown has from 800 to 400 majority for
Congress; that in Marion county Brown has from
$50 to 200 majority; and that his majority in the
whole district viii range from 600 to e00 John