The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-11-04

NJ. have more cheering and decisive signs from the
Al, nominion The "North American" always rabd
reckless about its facts, and extravagant in its
,,sssons is beginning to about the prospect OF
..s in Virginia and parades boastful letter from a
IA and reckless wing editor in Petersburg, who claims
.,s that he will never win, and boasts of a victory
no State which the federaliss will never obtain,
o.. .ame editor the other day. in his paper crowed
v about the Halifax district and the word also went
- in Washington that its representative in Congress
%. writing to the wing committee about carrying il
-. following letter which we have received from one
bs staunches democrats and abest men in the State
iii nut this hobgoblin and humbug TO rest;
HALIFAX COURT HOUSE, IVA } Oct 81, 1913
yours of the 25th reached me by this evenings mail
cnov has no grounds boast of WING prospects in his
ct much less in Halifax. We shall probably give the
ocra,ic ticket majority OF 600 in this conny and If
~ ,r wake up lazy precincts, up to 697
~ ,.;ority in 1874 We mean to try. Fear for this
i Of the State have attended and addressed demo
,ic mass meetings, and joint meetings OF wings and
ocat. in almost every quarter OF the county, and in
| a. Iovsr end of Campbell Edmunds has Just returned
~ an immense mass meeting in franklin. and from all
mation which has reached me, Fiournoys district will
~, little if any, short of the democratic majority given
NJ Polk in 1884, and of friends think shall
Increase it.
made flying trip to Milton, N C., a few weeks ago.
and addressed Cas- and Butler Club of that place, by
aviation Our friends there think the chances are deci
aIv in our favor IN sold Rip"
Tb,ve no time 10 write fully. Suffice it to say that
t,n feel duly impressed with sense of the obligations
upder to this administration and OF the importance
,nsanng its measures and its friends.
had lust parted with Edmunds and few other friends
chen your letter hand hunted them up, and we
,N Rad hearty laugh Fournoy's boast of his pros
.e, in Halifax Elmunds joins me in that all
|, well here. May it be so throughout the Union.
The following Geographic bulletin, which we received
yesterday from Richmond, gives another cheering sign
|oi the times The county of Powhatan has been of
ATE whig The vote of Richmond was sufficient to de-
dde the majority in that county. But last spring, by
extraordinary efforts, our worthy and able friend Nash
,arried the day by small majority. When Judge
Gboson died. in Petersburg, Mr.. Nash was put by the
executive in his place. This left vacancy in Pow
haan of delegate to the legislature, and an extra
election was held on Thursday 10 supply it. 1t appears
BY the following despatch that G. w. Hopkins, one of
the most effective republicans in the State, and who has
Of late years been repeatedly defeated for the legislature
has now been triumphantly elected
'RIcHMoNp Nov. 3, 1913.
Hopkins is elected in Powhatan by twenty -four major
iy This is great triumph The people are enthusiastic"
Extract of another letter from one of the most intelligent
men in Virginia. in the Albcmarie district
October 30, 1s4s
This part of Virginia consider entirely safe The
democratic majority this electoral district will be fully
as large as was "A. We have no Taylor democrats
here In Augusta the federal majority will fall off from
one two hundred votes. In Rockingham, Shenandoah,
and Page reckon upon 400 increase or thereabouts
Leake has been far west Monroe, and addressed
the people in various counties Taking the whole of the
ced democratic gain in my opinion The feds say they
will gain in Little Tennessee which democrats from that
quarter deny We think here that in the valley and
eastern Virginia, shall gain 500 over the vote in IA
know but little of the trans Allegheny REGION though
accounts from there cheering. Upon the whole,
set down Virginia at 1900.