The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-10-20
ELECTION NEWS,

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. -[No date, but suppose from the
time it received to be the l-PENNsYLvASIA.-
johnson, Wing, has far twelve hundred and fifteen
ohty Longsath Dsmocrat-four Democratic counties
90 hear from. dispatch just received from Harrisburg
states that Longseh elected The result is very doubt
full Paynter Democrat elected Canal Commissioner by
over fifteen hundred majority. Legislature Senate
Wings twenty zone Democrats, twelve. House-Whigs
fyone Democrats forty nine. [The Senate is composed
of 80 members and the House of 100 so the Wings have
majority of in the Senate and in the House-on joint
ballot n-Eds Crescentl. .. CoRgrsss-Thrteen Wings
and nine Democra-[two districts to hear fom1. TIE
Democratic vote Congress favorable than that
any other part of rticket.
Second Dispatch.
BALTIMORE Oct 1.-THE reports to-day show gain of
hundred the of yesterday in favor of Johnson
the Wing candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania Tie
Wings in Philadelphia believe johnson is elected
Third Dispatch.
BALTIMORE, ct.-[No date, most probably the 17th.]
The result in Pennsylvania of the for Governor is
very doubtful The Democrats claim the election of Long
streth, The Wings the contrary appear confident that
johnson has succeeded by small majority
ceded that the Democratic Canal Commissioner elected
The question to who has succeeded in Oho-Ford
Weler-is still unsettled
ELECTION News. - After carefully examining
the above dispatches and other of late news
we still in the fog to who are the successful
candidates for Governor in the great States of Penn
sylvania and Ohio. In Pennsylvania the reports
have narrowed it down to so low a figure that il
will require the official vote to determine the ques
ton The official vote of each county was made
up at the county seat on the 18th, and would reach
Harrisburg in the course Of a week mot earlier
perhaps later) from all the counties The mail
facilities of the Northern tier Of counties are not
of the most expeditions kind. So our friends Of
both parties must keep cool for day OF two longer
From Ohio cur return ought to be more reliable,
rs the State is compact, and has Geographic and
daily mail lines traversing it in different directions
but here, too, there is great conflict in the reports.
In the present state of the news, we would adj
wise both parties to pay no attention to the thousand
reports put in circulation, they are frequently
circulated for gambling purposes. A little pru-
dence may save their pockets.
In the Evening Edition of the Pcayune we OBJ
serve a Geographic dispatch, dated Charleston,
18th inst, which states" BY the official vote, the
election in Pennsylvania is very close. johnson is
400 ahead, and Potter county 10 be heard FROM
1t is not probable that the official vote had been re-
the 18th so when the round numbers - of some
thirtyodd counties to be pruned, it may alter
the figures several hundreds either way. The
vote in Potter in "A was-PoIk, 55t; Clay, 24O-
3l4 majority. For Governor, same year-Shunk,
527; Markle, 202-325 majority. In AZ, Skunk,
$50; Irwin, l83-majority, 3l7.
The same dispatch states Ford is believed 70
be elected in Ohio. Both Houses of the Legsla-
ture are wing"
The following particulars of the Pennsylvania
and Baltimore elections were received by express
10 the Picayune yesterday
from the Baltimore American Oct. 12J
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.-The returns from
this State, it will be seen by the details given be-
low, continue to be highly cheering to the wings.
We annex those that have reached us since our pa
per was issued yesterday morning:
From the items here subjoined, we make up the