Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-25
The Virginia Election

Weretrained, yesterday, from oomment:pgor
this exciting theme Though confident cf the
election Of Mr.. Wise, we had no disposition 70
aid his friends in winning the money Of his op
Tonenss, a. we are opposed to betting, having
-or fifteen years past RETAINED frcn betting ON
anything to the amour; of sixpsnce As far
as We have received returns they bear out the
caiculstious which we presented to our read.
ers soIae days ago, wherein we claimed for
Ar Wise "a aggregate majority Of IL $50 in
the State.
The returns We have received are as fol
lows
Alexandria city and county 400 majority far
Flournoy- We must dedu,t from this apparsu,
majority, So 1aturalized votes returned OF the
oack OF the POLL lists. which must be ey entuaiIy
counted in favor of NJ. Wise. under he law
%, fIouTnoJ 5 actual majority in Alexandra
city ami county is 43j The cosnty portion
gave FiOurnoy, to a single vote, the same ma
Jorty II gave Scot; over Pierse. In the cilcu.
la:iOn to which we refer above, Alexandria
town and coanty were Sc: down as to give
Flourncy 500 n jority, instead Of 435.
Petersburg-(ah ich We Sc: down az eyen)-
"lses majority 80 The telegraph repor. 8
large Democratic gains in adjacent counties
Three counties corner in the city of Peters.
burg
Lynch5ur g-FiOurnoy maj1-ity 479
FrederickSbu-g-FlOurnoJ's majority IC4;
Beeie's, 81; Pattoa's, 100, Morris, Board Of
Futile Work. 81 Asserting to the data on
which we claimed IL $50 aggregate majority
FOR Wise, Fredericksburg was set down as to
give Flournoy 200 majority.
RichG-oEd city gives FlOurnoy 97S majority
1t was set down in our calculation at ]. 900.
Fairfax (rsported) 50 majority for FIournoy.
II our ii $50 calculation, Fairfax was &c,
down at 100 for Flournoy Another repo-t
from Fairfax gives Flournoy but S majority
there.
Norfolk city and Portsmouth, aggregate
flournoy majority, AS. In oar 1850 cal
calation they were set down at 500 for Flour
noy.
Jefferson county, all told, 80 majority for
FlcurnOy seott'smajority there was 60. We
allowed him 100 majority there in the II $50
calculation.
FarnVille As majority for FIournoy.
Chesterfield county 456 for Wise In the
guoeInItorial election the Democra tic maiori
ty was Alb, at which We set i: down in the
1850 calculation
Ohio county, embracing the city Of " heel.
ing go majority for FlOurnoy This is pre-
clseiy the majority, to a vote for which Ohio was
ser down IN our IL $50 majority calculation
onnneE majority in the last Gubernatcrial
election wherein be was beaten 8,OlA wa,
535.
winchester, in Frederick county. gives
FlCurnOy loo majority In the IL $50 ca,cu.
laiion It was set down ct 300
We have dispatch from the Enquirer Office
at Richmond, saying that Hanover county
gives Wise over 200 Democ-e.ic msio-itv
Hanover gave Pierce lO4, and johnson owe,
Summers in 1852, 1876 msjority In our caIcu-
iahon. we set Il down at leo for Wise.
This despatch says that partial returns, all
highly favorable TO Wise, have reached Rich.
mord aid that il has been asoertained .h =,
C@sEie has beon re elected by from 200 TO BOG
majority.
Flying reports by telegraph are in Wash
ington as follows:
Fauquier, go majority for Flournoy. Thi
cannot be based on retuEns insomuch as al
Inc thirteen voting places n the county can
not be heard from a. the court house of Feu
QUEER, (WsIrenton,) before midnight 10 might
CulpepPer, majority fox Flournoy, 27I. (Al
me precincts of this county cannot be hsarG
from at Culpspper court house before sun
down this EVENING"
fenaleton 900 for FIournoy. (Ihe Who'll,
result in Pendleton canno, r.sch .nv ,.,.
graphic station before some time to rnorrow
Marshall 400 for Flournoy "a telegrspbi,
line runs through Marshall, but soma ef :.
precincts lie so remote as to make IL imnos,;
bic that the final result can be Known ar II
county seat before sun-down to dsyl
The Know Nothings have a report bv tel.
graph, saying that Frederick county give
Wise 13O and Faulkner lis.
We have no means Of verifying its correct
ness Frederick gave Johnson 2SI majority
and Pierce 4oS majority.
p S.-We received dispatch Just as "
went to press, saying:
hAsnSsBURs. May "a -wise's majority Il
Berkeley is i've 81 1t gave johnson 3ss
Faulkner's majority in the same county il rs
IL gave hi ID before I66.