Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-09-03
RnoDE ISLAND ELECTIONS.

We clip The following from the New 10TH
Journal OF Commerce, received by ia'' eSe"'
ins's mail. We hope i. may prove rue
[Erom the Boston Atlas, September IL
We have returns OF The special eleclion he,d
Yesterday in The w eslern District OF RHODE ls'anu
from all the towns but Two, which sun up o q : S sr
laws. For Benz. g. Thurson (Den) 2,3Os; ior
Wilkins Updike (Whis) 2,249; inr U.S..
Hall (Abol.) 90 There is no oouu. u
IONS election The Providence journal gives II W.
ITb;s is a Democratic gain. The district
was represented in The last Congress oy Lemue'
H. Arnold. Wing. Rhode Island is thus thrown
Out Of Tie accountable delegation being eqnaHy
diyided-in case the election OF Plesiden1 snouiu
go into The Housed
We ,ale great pleasure in calling attention 10
tho advertisement of a "Select and Classical
scboolu al Wbea,land, TO be conducted by q. W..
Tnrner. ESQ. We are well acquainted win MI
r. and can therefore speak confidently oil his hlgn
qualifications for The honorable and useful pro-
fess;ou he has undertaken. Mr.. L.. is a s!aou-
ate OF West Point, has served as an oflcer oi Inc
army, and has Tor some years pursued ael'cu[
mre with skill and success at Whealla I'D, ms
beautiful farm, situated in one OF The heallhiest
and most fertile portions of Virginia. From his
modest beginning, he hopes in the course oflime
TO erect a military and agricultural school, which
will prove valuable in itself and credilab!e TO its
enthusiastic and enlightened founder. We wish
him full success in his enterprise.
THE DEFEAT OF MR.. OWEN.-The
Princeton (lnd.) Clarion, contains a letter from
Mr. Owen. in relation 10 the causes Of his defeat
a. :. ..-".S... ."u,ana. He says!!s'
81 do not think that we may fairly attribute 10
any one special cause, The recent result, Of the
congressional canvass. In one neighborhood il
was a confirmed misconcepiion in regard 10 The
soldiers pay question; in another The meetings
and influence Of an Influential religious sect had
The chief weight; in a third charges OF fayoritism
in The distribution Of Offices were dinned in mems
! ears; in my own county an anli-convenlion par
ty swept before il, mol only The congressional vote,
but the entire Democratic liekel-defeating the
nominees by couple Of hundred, instead Of elect
ing Them, as a united effort would have done, by
double that majority. But, if local influences
were various, one general cause prevailed over
the entire district. Neither m own course du-
| ring The two last sessions, nor the action OF The
administration during The same period, were ex-
planned in full and careful delail, as they ought 10
have been; and national politics were but inciden-
tally touched upon in the recent discussions be-
tween my opponent and myself.
"This might have been avoided, had | issued
hiss spring, as prudent forelhought would have
dictated, a circular, in which l should have had
opportunity 10 spread before the people Of The dis
trict The information they desire, and which ought
TO be furnished them, regarding The action OF
Congress and The general policy Of the admins
tralion, but also 10 vindicate my w public con-
duct on those points on which il had been as.
sailed by The Wings in their newspapers and
elsewhere.
"The only reason which caused me 10 refrain
from issuing such 4 circular was, that | supposed
| should have ample time and opportunity, from
the stump, TO give The necessary details and ex.
plantations. / had not anticipated a deba;e on
lexis of Scripture, and on other matters just as
much in place, but which, Notwithstanding their
notorious irrelevancy. it was not safe 10 leave
unanswered. even though in so doing The time
was consumed that ought to have been lar olher-
wise employed"