New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-16

makes the following summary OF the returns re-
ce,ved from % counties in Kentucky
oovrssos-lsSi; as, ,,snsn. Swsis ~, "a
Powell. toppl---- -3olcU to"eH' 'VPs'
Ma for p,xon.. 3liI.Hsj. for Cutteaiea. .sSs
tn these 81 counties Dixon falls short OF Cu'-
,enien's vote s.sS2, and short Of Cu''enten's
majority. 1.ail In the 10 counties 10 hesr from
Criuendens vote IN lsts was ls,l3l and Pow
ell. ~ 90 This looss very much hSe the eiee'
ton Of Mr Powell as Governor % Kentucky but
according 70 our later returns or reports 10y tcie-
grsph. Mr. Dixon : the fortunate canliis,e
Tie returns ,or Lieutenant Governor Indicate
tie elec'on OF the Wig candidate, Mr. Tho1P
son. beyond doubt
For Superintendent OF Public Instruction.
Breckenridge. Wig. has 3,Sj0 majority. IN the
o. counties referred TO. over Matthews, the NEXT
b ghest candidate and is no doubt elected
For President of Board of Internal Improve
men,s. Hsggsrd, Wing beats Thompson $40
votes
The Senate stands /, Wings To H. Opposition.
with Districts yet to hear from.
The House of Representatives stands - Wings
to 81 Opposition. with Is Representative Dis
trcts yet 10 he:r from.
Cassius NJ. Clay the Emancipation candidate
tor Governor. has received thus far ,, les votes
Geo. D. Blskey, Emancipation candidate .or
Lieutenan, Governor, has received OF votes.
KENTUCKY friend writes to say We
saving that the With (AskiandO District. in
which Mr.. Breckenridge (Opp) has recently
been elected to Congress, was, at previous
Congressional election. IN 1919. largely |hig. At
that time, he says, there were three candidates
CH,s :. MoREHE,p, (Whig)S NJ TRABrE, (Ns-
ti,c-Am.,) and Mr. MARSHALL, (Opp) and Mr.
Morehead was elected by some three or four
hundred plurality only, bu, tell short, he thinks
about thousand of a majority.
We think our friend is himself mistaken. and
that be confounds the election of 1919. of which
we spoke. with that Of lsi7. In 1917 It was as
he saws, bu, in lSi9 the Loco-Focos put up no
candidate, intending to beat Morehead by giving
their votes for 1rabue, bu, failed. Morchead be-
ing elected by $50 majority.
We may here express our profound regret and
disappointment At the failure Of Gen. Combs to
carry this District at the election which has Just
taken place No man in the State could do
more honor to kentucky IN Congress, or better
serve the country Apart from some personal
opposition to Gen. C., on which we do not
choose to comment, but which, We may say. Is
by no means discreditabe to him. the cause of
his defeat is TO be found IN the split that has
grown up IN TIE Wing party since 1919, when
the slavery question began to be agltated with
reference to the new and old Constitution. In
the County OF Fayette, for instance. the rest
dence of Mr.. Clay, heretofore largely Wing. the
representation in the Legislature has been
equally divided, the County sending one Wing
and one Opposition the latter has been MAJOR
Breckenridge. the present RepreSentatlye-elect
to Congress How great has been the influence
of This split may be seen IN the fact that Gen.
Combs failed to carry the County by half It's for
ner ma critics The same cause has made a
deep and lasting impression. as we understand IN
other W hie Counties OF the District
We learn that Gen. &. passed through this
City last week, to loin his family on the sea
shore