Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-24
RICHMOND, VA.
-. Ma.n;n.- october II. Is4s.
Pennsylvania.

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,,oc,ed Governor OF The Keystone State-lhe las'
strange intelligence being, that oo'h Candidates
are tud. We have certainly elected Inc Deno-
cratic Canal Commissioner by nahason'e ina'
iorv majority of the House, and gained TWO
,namhe,s oi Congress. That The Stale Will 60
for Cass and Butler, We have no douol.
The see-saw effects OF The playful freaks Oh
tho telegram are amusing enough bul me ena
is much more gratifying to the democrats lnah
10 our opponents, who Dragged high upon 'ne,f
frs, reported majority Of six or seven thousand,
= ,r,,enan ,els me that al Tuscaloosa, 1t mad
.o,ched fifteen Mousaudn and have now, "dis.
aruo,ed." 10 content themselves with being shaw
al down 10 lie, or a little more or less. Inc
philadelphia Spirit OF The Times Of Tuesday,
thus ceverly hits of the coons:
WHO is ELECTED GOVERNORS
The question is much more easily asked IMAM
.rswcrrd. The interest and excitement upon
This subject during the whole OF yesie'uay anu
l.s evening. was intense. The official returns
on materially reduced the reported maJoritIes 10
favor NJ The opposition candidate for Governor,
no, tho faces OF our friends Frightened with Joy
ID hone in all directions, while the counlenan-
css Of The Wings grew proportionably long anc
gloomy oha4 - .hor, one
o'clock Yesterday afternoon, giving Us Inc uheA,
pec,ed intelligence that our candidate was eieGleu
by small majority. The news tnre" our nis
ne;ohhors into The most violent paro1ysms OF as
res. all SORTS OF doubts were raised as TO the au
,ben,icty Of the despatch; our Wing fnenos
were suddenly seized with extraordinary syinpa-
thy for The Democrats, who, as they pretended 10
tear were about 10 risk their surplus FUNDS upon
The imrossible and the absurd; TINS mol answering
The object they had in view, their oenevoience
cooled down 10 The freezing point, and they De-
came invisible Towards dark The wings De-
came as scarce 10 our public tnorougniales as
snow in JULY One might have imagined lnd'
hurricane had swept Them all mo Inc h,'ucie "
week after next The few and The far between
ol;mnses that we caught OF the late laughing
faces OF our political opponents, almost startled
ne. so desolate and wc-begone they seemed
Their hiehly-raised expectations, their tfemen-
dous yerwhelming victory, all ending in mori-
6rarion and dlsa appointment. Alas and alacR-a-
day, that their eagle should SO suddenly be trans
formed INTO turkey buzzdro.
Al seven o'clock third and fourth iele-
graphic despatch arrived, Still MAINTAINING lna'
Morris Longstreth is elected Governor oil fehh-
syvana II our readers have ever seen
swarm from hive OF bees, they can form sonie
moeracy, as the news became generally known
that The winter OF our discomfort had been g
uuexpectedly IMAGE glorious Summer. WEE
extras we're withdra wn from the market, and ex-
lras from The Pennsylvania supplied inc press
ing demand for The latest news. Inc democratic
Headquarters was hlonged 10 sutfocallon with
crowd OF intensely excued freemen; So greal
LAS The press, lhal The multitude were compelled
Ia adjourn 70 The open AR ~ front OF lhe siate
House, where the immense throng was nos. o
uuen;y addressed BY Messrs. Van Dyke, Soma
bel Young Power and others.
The intelligence we hay recorded above, takes
us so completely by surprise, that we can hardly
venture 10 express our opinion as 10 lis ruth or
faIsily We certainly hope, with the whole heart,
ma, The Democratic candidate is elected To-
morrow will probably settle the question. In the
meantime we advise our friends not 10 fisk their
money on he result. The whole matter is still
involved in doubt. and must continue so until the
official returns are received.
HU2zA FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CANAL C0MMls-
sloNER! We have carried our candidate Tor Canal
Commissioner BY majority OF several hundred
yoes The Federal Wings will be spared their
labor OF love in cutting of The heads of The De
mocras in body who happened 10 be employed
upon he line Of the Public Works, rs they de-
cafed they would do.
The Philadelphia Bulletin OF Tuesday even
ing draws graphic and amusing picture OF the
excil ment in that city:
The PENNSYLVANIA demonstrating the
last thirty-siS hours our city has been in state
OF inconceivable excitement When The morn
ing papers yesterday made their appearance, they
all, without distinction oil party, conceded The
Stale To Johnston; bnl, about noon, despatch
was received from Harrisburg giving majority
+ 10
missile flung into hive. Instantly crowds OF
both parties rushed TO our office, the place
where the most reliable information was 10 be
obtained We could give them nothing certain,
however, but only our opinion derived from what
returns we had which was as stated IN Yesterdays
Bulletin, that Johnston was probably. though
Long. trelh might possibly be elected. The
Wings, who had been so certain oil victory, were
taken aback 'Ohl mercy shall faint" said
one. "Ill go home and lake TO my bed" echoed
another. "Whas the use" groaned third,
"lhere's no more consolation al home Than any
where else" On The contrary, The Democrats
Frightened up. "Weve got Painter anyhow"
they cried, "and an even chance for LongslreIh
how we'll give ii TO you in Observation-Disclosures
for Cas- and Butler"
AS the day wore on, and county after county
came in officially, The news fnctuated consider
ably; and the excitement, in consequence, suffered
| no abatement. No one could lel when he went
| TO bed at night whether Johnston or Longstelh
| was ahead, though the chances were in favor OF
| the former. On The whole, the Democrats, sure
| of their canal commissioner, were in The best
Spirits. The Wings could only glumble, "if
| you've defeated Johnston, we'll make him United
States Senator" and with that they would snap
| their fingers in the face OF Democracy. This
morning, at the time we write, the chances are
still in Johnson's Iavo; The returns looking as if
he had about two hundred majority. The ex-
element has kept mp all The morning. The Penn.
sylvaniar has issued hourly extras, prc,iy accu-
rare on The whole, headed by such phrases AS
| 1.-The fog clearing" "The fog NOT SO thick, ""The
| fog darkening" "Painler elected by 2,000," &C.,
SC. Ii has been a day Of excitement. II, by eve
| Ming it is known certainly who is chosen, what
! an uproar there will be among the victors!
| As further evidence that Johnston owes his
large vote to the Tree soiIers who will vote against
Taylor, we quote the Philadelphia Republic, II c
Barnbu-ning organ Of Pennsylvania. The ey-
tract is "Rough and Ready" but we cite it, as ilus-
,ralive OF what the free soers have done, and
what they mean 10 do:
"The Pennsylvania, which jus, now has no
thing else 10 do, is very busy picking the Wing
triumph 10 pieces. OF the combination 10 which
il ascribes Johnslon's success, We do not see
what hope il can entertain OF detection Of the ma
ives, as party, from the Taylor vote in No
vember; but the prediction that The free solle,s,
who supported Johnson, will MOI musier in The
Taylor army with The Wings al The general
election, ioiH be reritsd By the returns. The m2uer
IS too PLAIN 10 be doubtful. Johnston PIT himself
boldty and fully upon tt free @,i platform and St
cured by IT a support lrom Us which made him
governor OF Pennsylvania; while The tate Of
/ LonssTeih is an omen OF fearful import 10 the
whole tribe OF mum candidates, Of whom Gen.
Taylor is chief Silence means assent only
when that can be lie only Interpretation. In
Candidate for the Presidency, when great issue
| is presented on which The whole country is divi-
del, it is understood 10 be cheat, which neither
| parry can rely upon tor itself nor approve, even
IL il nigh, hope Tor The benefits OF The fraud"
But there is another cause which elected m