Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-05-30
The Virginia Elections.

The Virginia Elections.
The Virginia elections ere over and in few
days the returns will be asce1tained. As party
contest it hardly deserves the name, as we presume
there was hardly ever an election in Virginia in
which less party feeling exhibited all over the
State. In parts of the State party efforts
were made to elect candidates to Congress and we
think it probable that in one or two instances they
have succeeded, but this is not ascertained. For
Commissioner of the Board CT Public Works, mir.
Armstrong of Taylor, has had no opponent in the
Third District. He is Democrat, but from slight
knowledge of him and from the judgment of others
who have been placed in position to know him,
we expect to find him public spirited, active and
ethcIent public officer, and one who will attempt
TO discharge lmpartially his duty to his district and
to the State at large. DR.. Graham and Samuel
Price OF Greenbrier were the candidates in the
second section. OF DR.. Graham we know nothing
and have heard less. We presume that up to the
period of his nomination but few Of his own party
had ever heard of him as being fitted for any Office
Ii he IS elected we can only hope that he is young
enough to learn, though from the reports from his
own region there is but little expected from him
there. MIR. Price, his competitor is we'll known
over the State, as an efficient member of the
Legislature of Virginia, one of the ablest members
of the late Constitutional Convention of Virginia
and as one of the most eminent jurists in Western
Virginia. His qualifications are indisputable and
If he has been selected for the post for which he
was nominated, the people of Virginia may well
congratulate themselves on the result and the
efforts of the Board in the management of the
great Improvements of the State, will long reflect
his ability and enlightened views of the Public
interests. He has long been one of the most ar
dent and able advocates IN Virginia of Internal
Improvements, and is precisely the man called
for by the state of forward backwardness in hch
this board will take charge of the Internal I'm
provements of Virginia.
In the first District, MesSrs. Daniel and BOYD
were the competing candidates. Mr.. Daniel is
well spoken OF by those who know him, and we
presume would make good officer. Col. Boyd
has been an active laborer in the cause for long
time past, and would bring TO Office energy and
experience Both these gentlemen are democrats
DIT Col. Boyd goes his own way when it suits him,
winch is not always accepta BILE to his party, and
particularly to the Richmond organs, who have
dlsiranchlSed him and belabored him awfully in
lie canvass. The result in the first and second
district IS regarded as doubtful but we shall soon
Ieatn. In the Congressional canvass, MeSsrs.
boteler' Snowden, Mosely, Wooton, and Coleman
are wing candidates, with fair prospects of cleo.
llon' particularly MeSsrs. Boteler and Wooton the
former running against Faulkner, (late whig)
AMI The latter running ainst MeSsrs. Bocock and
Everett, old members, whose heads were knocked
together by the aSprants in the late Legislature of
Virginia
But few of these gentlemen, however, secured
the berths they chartered, the fogles had tasted
the sweets and preferred approp1iating the pap
f'yet little longer.'' Extra Billy used up MIR.
Barlow, of Culpepper, in double quick time, and
it may be that Mr. Snowdon was elected over Extra.
even, on Thursday last. 1t may be truly said of
the "Carvers'' in the last Legislature that their
Gerrymander has proved
"a barren sceptre in their grasp,
Thence to be wTenched by n unlinneal hand
No son OF theirs succeeding
We shall publish the election returns as thew
come TO us. The result in this District has been
ascertained, though the exact returns from Han
cock are not before us. 1t must be gratifying 10
all, who really desire TO maintain the position
which we have attained by our continued and uni
ted efforts thus far, to witness the undivided front
presented at our election on Thursday last, and to
behold our citizens old, young, wing and democrat
marching up IN common column for the protection
oil our common interests. Ohio county has done
well, and while we regret the manifestation of
feeling against us in Brooke, may yet congrat-
usate ourselves that our own citizens have stood
firm and showed their determination 10 protect
themselves against attacks from without and a5et-
tors within. While we regret the existence of
such state of feeling we must at all events en-
deavor to protect ourselves. The members elected
10 the House of Delegates well qualified to dis.
charge the duties required of them and will ably
and truthully represent the interests committed 10
then care.