The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-23

CoLUMBUs @ Oct. Is, lS4S
Tie Close Vote for GouerNor--Vieic Of the Voting
ts Series of Counties not Test Of the Prosi-
demt,ol Election Tie Battle Ground on the Re
serrc.
Whether Seabury Ford or John B. Weller Is
elected Governor of Ohio, must remain in doubt
for some days yet. The three hundred and fifty
thousand, and upwards, voters.oi Ohio, have so
nearly divided their sufirages upon these two can
didates that the election of either of them can only
be ascertained by an exact counting of the official
vote of each county. But, the failure on the part
OF the wings to elect Mr. Ford by at least ten thou.
sand majority, Is of itself defeat; and, consi-
deripg the advantages conceded to him over &C.
neral Taylor, IN carrying the State, all hopes oil
securing II 10 the latter must vanish, unless in
deed, II can be shown that TIE supposed advan-
iages were not realized, and should not, therefore,
be regarded a test OF the probable result OF the
election for President.
To this end will here state some iacts:-In the
eleven counties called the 4" Reserve" IN A. Mr..
BiIney received $3.50 votes, which yet left ma
lority 10 Sir Clay over Mr. Polk, IN the same coun-
ues, of 7,547. But, instead OF Ford receiving a
majority IN that district not only equal with that
given 10 Clay and the Birney vote, but the addi-
ton OF many hundreds on the free soil question, as
was confidently calculated. his majority is but
y 1892 only 3l5 more than Clay's.
In The eleven strongest wing counties out of the
Reserve, namely, Clark, Champaign, Gallia, Mi
ami, Muskingum, preble, Ross, Greene, Madison,
and Warren, Mr. Clay had s,739 majority Ford
has only :, lsl-a loss OF ], JOS.
In the eleven strongest democratic Counties
Mr. Polk had 0,5E majority, embracing Butler
Fairfield, Holmes, Monroe, Perry, Stark, Wayne,
Riehland, Knox, Crawford. and Ashland-and
now, WeileI's majority IN the same counties, Is
Ford gained on the siority OF Clay only in two
counties viz, Belmont, i36, and in Clinton, go.
Weller lost on the majority OF Polk only in one
county Hamilton 800.
These results show thai ma rites have NOT yo,ed
as was anticipated And why not = Mr.. Ford
was known as an ant-slarery wing, though NOT
30 ultra a. to be ranked an abolitionist. ON the
SUBJECT 81 the Presidency, he remained nen-com-
initial. u was supposed thar he would receive the
votes OF all parties who stand opposed 10 the cleo
ton of Genera Cass Ilss he received iheml
Does not The result show thai while to the whios
of Central Ohio, e was too Buch of an abolition
Jet receive their full vote, he was no, enough so
TO receive the abolsiion vote Of che Reserve; or If
he received The later, that he lost nearly an equal
number OF the old party wings IN that section Of
the State And, n go how wliltt affect the result
at the election on the 9TH OF November next
Ny opinion Is, that outside VI the Reserve, Gene
ral Taylor viii receive larger vote than that
gwen TO Ny. Ford. Because, believe that more
Taylor wings have withheld their votes from Ford
Chan IAN Buren, men have voted for hun. And.
though General Cass may 20 into fbe Reserve
with larger majority over TAYLOR than Polk had
over Clay, Il ,4b3,( yet he will have lar less than
Col. Weller, who has about coo Cen Csss may
possibly receive halt tina, number.
ne reserve can pol 1900 majority OF wing
and abolition votes. over the regular democratic
party.
From this IL Will be seen that If General TAYLOR
can get clear majority Of over 900, the Reserve
counties he tss still chance TO carry the State
After shall have an opportunity to Judge the
continued determination OF any but the old aboll-
uonlsis voting for Van Buren,, will be able to
-ess with iolerable certainty whether there is
any chance Tor old Rough and Ready in Ohio.
WESTERN SCRIBE.
Movements OF Individuals.
yohn Ven Eyer vst st Coiuueps, Ohio on the 18th