Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-11-14
PROGRESS of Inc contest.

Just closed. gt7f -i@eA'.
Progress of the Contest.
We conceive it unimportant to give at this
time the vote of the State as it is known at pre-
sent. Without descending to figures, which
are far from pleasing to our eyes, we pre-
sent some remarks upon this subject from the
Delta of last Monday, which embrace the la
test intelligence that we have:
"The returns from some of the country par
ishes exhibit gains for General Declouet, which
improve considerably his prospects. He gets
very large majorities in Lafourche and Attaka-
pas, exceeding even those of General Taylor
In Isl. Martin alone he exceeds the vote of Gen.
Taylor by nearly $50 votes, and in st. Mary and
St. Landry, it is affirmed by his friends that his
gains will be proportionally great. These, if
they fail in electing him, will contribute to re-
duce considerably the majority of Gen. Wal
ker. The friends of the latter, however, say
that in the northwestern parishes Gen Walkers
gains will be as great as those of Gen. Declouet
in the Attakapas. .s ~r~rs
The Fourth Congressional District is the
battle ground of the contest. The majorities
for Walker in the Third and First Districts ex-
coed these of Declouet in the Second District
less than tive hundred votes. We think the
chances are in favor Of Gen. Walker, but by a
less majority than was expected after the result
in the city. Tothe vote Of the city the demo-
Gratis will be chiefly indebted for their v,ictcry.
The returns for Congress show that candidates
OF both parties did not run evenly with the can
didates for Governor. Thus, in the First Dis
trict. LaSere gets nearly 800 majority over
Judge Jackson. a highly competent and intelli-
gent gentleman, whilst Walkers majority does
not reach 200, In the Second District Conrad
(whigg) runs behind Declouet.s He is, however,
elected by four or five hundred majority. Iu
the Third District, Harmanson, in some Of the
strong democratic parishes, got not half Of the
majority Of Walker. In the Fourth District
we learn that IN the more western parishes,
Ogden runs ahead Of Declouet,
The majority Of Harmanson will not exceed
800 or 400, and that Of Morse viii hardly reach
these numbers. In the Legislature, the wings
have made considerable gains, and will probably
have the majority on joint ballot. The wings
have elected members in some Of the strongest
democratic parishes Should this estimate BE-
correct the contest will not have resulted SO
disastfonsly to the wings as was at first appre-
hended by them. The next Legislature will be
ahighly important one"
The Bee thinks that the chances are some.
what more favorable to Walker than Declouet.
The prospect is very fair for the election of
Kehner, the Wing candidate for Lieutenant
Governor. In the Creole parishes he runs
nearly even with Declouet, and in the Ameri-
~ Wethink that the Wings have carried the
Legislatnre, and possibly both branches We
gain a Senator in New Orleans, and one in st.
Tammany and ST. Helena. We gain a repre-
sentative in Ss John, one hi Ascension, one in
st. Tammany, one in East Baton Rouge, one
in Livingston, one in st. Helena, one in East
Feliciana-and lose three in jefferson. Net
Wing gain, 2 Senator'S and 4 Representatives.
We scarcely know where we. can lose, and
think we shall gain in Ouaehita, Union and
Jacksan. In the last Legislature the Wings
had four majority in the House, and the Loco
focas two in the Senate. The new apportion-
mont ofthe Legislature renders estimates ratt-
or more perplexing now, but it is due that the
gains already made can hardly fail to give US
the ascendaney on joint ballot. xt 1900.
The resultfor Congress, as far as ascertained,
exhibits no change. Lasere is elected in the
First District by a reduced majority. Conrad
in the second has not less than 700 majority.
MosT VALUABLE DIscovERv After much
study and experiment. Col. Dakin has reduced
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