Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-12

We take pleasure in laying before our readers,
the following letter from yirginian Of great m
telligence, who holds an extensive correspondence
throughout the State, in regard to the coming
election
9th May, 1855.
To my mind, there Is not the slightest prospect
of the election of Mr.. Wise. would do nothing
70 remove the fears and anxiety of the American
party for these stimulate them to exertiOn and
vigilance. Ii Is too, the device Of the enemy TO
depreeiate our candidates. How can party which
they deem infamous, have other but infamous rep
resentatiyesf Their opinion Is as much to be re-
lied on In the one case as in the other One Of
Wise's family in Washington, early in March, asked
friend of mine, if there were any respectable men
among the Know othings in Virginia Our num-
beers were then near forty thousand; we now ex-
coed seventy thousand There must surely be
some decent men in this crowd and 1t will be found,
think, that they viii send some decent men to
represent them in Congress. cannot vouch for
all, but those know, and of whom know with
out having personal acquaintance, venture TO
say, they are far superior TO those Of any one OF
them who represented Virginia in the last Congress
Watts, of Portsmouth, is an intelligent Virginia
gentleman, with whom / served in the House OF
Delegates Boteler, Of jefferson, is distinguished
farmer perfect gentleman, and natural orator.
have never seen him. but endorse him on the
information of men know to be reliable. Mr..
Pendleton, of the Wheeling district, is a literary
man, and gentleman. l made his acquaintance
in Winchester. Tazewell, the opponent OF Goode,
and Lyon, of the Albemarle district, are spoken
of favoraby, but have no personal knowledge OF
them Claiborne of the Lynchburg district was
very proper man in the Democratic ranks, but as
an American he is maigned and spit upon. de Is
an able man, quite young, and have little doubt,
is quite as likely to be distinguished in the Ameri-
ca .da
when he bore their banner. They now backball
him because they fear him, for he has heretofore
been invincible, and is likely to succeed in his
present struggle Over the Ridge, ] do not know
the men, One of them was spoken of as cand-
date Of the party for the Office Of Lieutenant Gov
ernor, when Beale was selected.
1t is too early TO agitate the candidacy for the
Presidency. see no good reason z. to doubt that
National Convention off party will be composed
Of discreet men. There are some grumblng
Wings who complain that the American party do
not give them all the offices. We recognise neither
Wings nor Democrats We select i'll men, who
are also available men. We are not green enough
to stick to fitness without availability; or SO UNI
prncipled as to take availability WITHOUT fitness
We shall profit by the errors which other parties
have committed and avoid the rocks on which
| they have split.
There is too much now exciting the public mind
in Virginia to bring the Presidents dement's upon
| the stage He has few friends and supporters
anv,oltere and his name is nowhere mentioned with
respect Those who elected him, scorn him. Con-
! gress will be able to manage him, and bring TO
| light his lawless acts
We had fine rain on Thursday night. II was
much wanted, for wheat and everything. The
wheat is improving, but it is fortnight too early
to prognosticate what the crop is likely to be. The
critical time is at hand. IF escape fly and joint
worm, which viii be developed in the course Of
/ fifteen or twenty days, we may entertain the hope
| Of an average crop. Then we run the gauntlet OF
| the rains Of June. If they are heavy, the crop
will fail To this date, from the LIST Of January, we
have had but clio inches of ran--far below an
average-in 1854, there were IL 7-8 inches, in the
same period; and yet last year. the rust cut short
our crops, and injured their quality. The chance
is much greater that we shall suffer in like manner
this year. do not present this view with feel
/ ing Of dependency the hopes of our people
should not be raised unrcasonably high, for the
greater will be their disappointment, II they are
not realized--nor ought speculation in breadstuffs
| to be encouraged, in any way whatever. Let
spectators deal in stocks; but touch not the staff
of life.