Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-05
OFFICIAL VOTE OF PUTNAM COUNTY.
p..., NV 20 lS55
LANCASTER COUNTY.

To the Editors Of the Enquirer -Gentlemen-lne
great battle hos been fought and won and the Watch
man upon the walls cries, all is well Lancaster mas
given majority of four for our noble Dcmocratlc
county candidate, Col. r. A. Claybrook, whilst she
gave Summers Il majority of &c. Northumberland
has failed OF her old rcnown, and given Col Z. RI
val six majority; but when the illegal votes on the lh-
ter poll shall have been erased by the House OF Del
egaes flor the seat will be contested, we are conn.
dent the Colonel will come of victorious. You VIII
get the official vote by the mailth carries this Col
{. has run far ahead Of bis ticket and proves himse
thus the most popular candidate we had IN the heia;
He received the largest Democratic vote ever Poeo
in the two counties. News has reached us that the
entire State ticket has been elected, and when we VIZ
,ually proclaim the same for our county candidate,
we fold our arms across breast and, like Ale1an-
der, sigh for new fields OF combat. 10
Tho Democracy Of Northumberland fired j..
guns Yesterday, the reception OF our sweeping tr''
unph aud we all rejoicing over our glor!"us VIC
ory-and along hills and along shores. consecrs
ted by the bones of uncoihued patriots, ana heroes'
sound the glad paens of treemen-
"And the starspanSed banner in triumph sin wavrs
Der the land of the tree aud the home OF tho ora'e
Three cheers Tor Wise anu 0i PaaRs Quorum.
WAYNE COUNTY. ,,,
WAYNE e. H., Va, May Is, 1888. I,
To The Editors of the Enquirer-Gentleinen: / nave
lust received the election returns from this coun'
ty. The following is the result:
know Nothngj by Il majority OF 100 votes.
Wise and Flournoy will about tie off. McCoTas
beats Besle small majority. EdmundsGn ana Sta-
piles, for Congress- will about tie of. Morris beats
Holiday a email majority Burlington dem has
small minority over Smith (Know-Nothlng) for Sc
nate Patton will beat Bocock but few votes.
The above statement is as correct as can be given,
except from the authentic returns, winch Will not, III
any event, materially diiler from tlis estimate.
In haste, yours, &c. "AlNE.
To the Editors of the Enquirer.
LYNCHBCRG, MAY 81, 1855.
Gcut,cmen:-The 2il has passed. leaving the De-
m5cracv al tho Did Dominion covered with Immortal
a.i c:na glory; iur, sirs 1t would have been DIS
yruce and |, for one, should not care to haze survr-
ed, for the rule Of this iIinc-hon"rci old Common
wealth To have passed into the bands q. such an IN
iu,nous Jacubin concern would have ruled the
State had the know-No;hiugs succeeded III electlug
their Gubernatoia ticket :,
Oar party suffered more in Lynchbnrg, Campbell
nn Amherst, by the depredati0ns OF inns midnight
organization, than in any other part Of tho state
have no doubl; drawing Democrats in their Lodges
by false representations VI no party on Tie one hah
and by the most lavish promises OF houn'y iands ana
inspcctorshps of warehouses on the "ther An once
Of some kind or other promised to ut least t"en-
IT, where there was not one to give; nnd where ~
lug anu promises did not serve theln tnreats "ere
used in their stead, by which the tmid were dctorreu
from voting. The most INSCRIPTIONS meana were
used by the Know-Notllings to ooia'n H",es' snu
and in Amherst, four miles from this place, at NC
(;rurrs shop But it all would not avail them; our
vote has been increased notwithstanding anu III Tue
whole Sta.,, CannOt be Tess than ho,UOp. hioW-No-
tbinpsm is dead in Virginia; but this Is not enough
the South NAV still be in danger and therefore ID
that write to you sirs rs one "i the members OF
the Central Committee of the State, TO issue, by oil
means, n Circular Address to the Democracy OIL the
balance of the Southern States yet 10 vote during
tie summer and lall-usng in your address the most
pls tD
Who'll. duty as Democrats and irerInen, tnG TO Im-
tais the noble example set them by the Old Domi-
uon tho mother ot States and stctesInell.
The Democracy Of Virginia look to the Central
Committee at Richmond 10 make the first move i'll
buhuIf Of our brethren Of the South, by issuing all
auinlutlng and cheering Circular, which X IL your
privilege as well duty to do III order 10 snua'e
them TO emulate tbs example set them by Their bre-
thrcu i'll Virginia. and to crush thiS monster OF 1aco
bins,n at the very threshold of their Territories -
Commence the move, sirs, i'll Richmond, and II Will
be followed throughout the state, trust-taat our
Southern brethren OF the Democracy may sue huw
intensely we of Virginia feel for then' it.t iney
should in an evil hour listen TO the syren song OF The
tcnyter aud be lurcd into the skukng places ny me
dark lanterns Of TINT dangerous and mysterioU, r-
der and there, b. L9rrid oahs, taken without either
foreiboualt III knowledge commit themselves 70 90
Yours, NO JACOB1N.
NoTr.-The Thornbury affidavit lost Us AT lenst 25
or 80 votes. 1t seems to havs been clear case OF
perjury. Who are the responsible partlesi-ycs, who!
OFFICIAL VOTE OF KANAWHA COUNTY.
For Governor: Flournoy 1897, Wise %4-Fiour-
poys majority 964.
For Lieutenant Governor: Beale 1920, M'Comas
J70-Bcules majority PSI.
For Attorney General Patton 1881, Bocock 572-
Paton's majority $50.
For Board Public Works:--Morris 1927, Holiday
566-Morris' majority 962.
For Congress: Garlic 1916, Lewls 5si-Carlisle's
majority 93l.
For Senate: Perks 1885, Brown 59l-Parks' ma.
jority 9O7.
Smith and Thompson, X. M, elected to House of
Delegates by heavy mnjorities.
LOGAN COUNTY.
For Governor isc's majority 2S3.
For Lieut.. observation-disclosures majority, 32o.
For Attorney General-Bocock 2GO.
For Board Public Works-IIoaday 242
For Cungress-Edmunds0n Dem 2o6.
For State Senats-Brown tDem.) 81.
For Honse of Delegates -Anderson (Demncrat)-
oil elected.
HANOVER AND IIENRICO.
The following is the official vote of the Senatorial
district composed of the counties of Hanover and
Henrico: 90,
Whites majority in IIspoTer, ~!