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ceived, the following returns, gathered from vari-
GUS sources, may serve as a substitute:
LYScHBuRe-Flournoy leads Wise 479; Cla-
borne leads Bocock for Congress 432.
CAMPBELL Cousrr.-Majority for Flournoy
EREpERcKsBuRe.-654 votes polled for Gov
srnor Flournoy 5 majority lO4; Smiths majo-
rty for Congress 299. Chancellor precinct
spottsylvania county, wise's majority So Fall
mouth. Stafford county, Flournoy's majority 80.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT majority $50.
BERKELEY.-Wise's majority is represented to
be S, and Foulkner's majority for Congress, 25.
HEsRIcs Cousrr.-Majorty for Flournoy 256.
WNcHEsrER.-The whole Democratic ticket
is elected in both Frederick and Clark counties.
HARrIR's FERRr.-As far as heard from
Flournoy for Governor and Boteler for Congress,
will carry jefferson county by about 30 majority
Hawks (Dem.) and Tanner (Amer) will b,
elected to the Legislature.
NonoLK.-The majority for Flourney is 800
CHEsrERrrELp.-Wis has majority of 456
Prince George, Dinwiddie, and Nottoway also
give Wise majorities.
PErERnuRc.-In this town Wise has 80 ma
jority.
HANOVER gives Wise over 200 Democratic ma
jsrity.
A dispatch received at Richmond, says that
partial returns are highly favorable TO Wise.
Caskie, in the Metropolitan District, is elected
by from two to three hundred majority
WINCHESTER, in Frederick county, gives
Flournoy l66 majority.
JEFFERSON Corsrr, all told, 30 majority for
Flournoy.
Ono COUNTY, embracing the city Of Wheel
ing, GOO majority for Flournoy.
PErERsBuRe.-Wise' majority &c. The tee-
graph reports large Democratic gains in adjacent
counties.
We have other intelligence, but il is so imper-
feet as to furnish no reliable data.
A to rumors, they are plentiful; some Of them,
no doubt, being more fanciful than true.
Since writing the above, we have received the
following additional information:
Rockingham, about 2 900 majority for Wise.
Shenandoah, j 800 majority for Wise.
Page, s6l majority for Wise.
Warren, $40 majority for Wise.
Fairfax about 100 majority for Flournoy
Fauquier between so and 100 for Flournoy.
Culpepcr about 60 for Floumoy.
Orange, a small majority for Wise.
Prince William, All majority fDr Wise.
Another account states that the majority for
Wise in the Tenth Legion is 6,140.
Greenville, 10 for Wise.
Hampshire about $50 for Wise, two precincts
TO hear from, which will not vary the result ma
terally.
Stafford lbs for Wise.
spottsylvania, exclusive Of Fredericksburg, IA
for Wise.
Dinwiddie reported 225 for Wise. This is be-
heved to be exaggerated.
Frederick 100 for Wise, and liz for Faulkner.
Two Democrats elected TO the Legislature
Morgan $50 against Faulkner.
Loudoun reported shout 1000 for Flournoy.
Fsulkner's election h regarded as certain.
Clarke about 40 Democratic. Democrats
elected 70 the Legislature, being gain.
Warren 234 for Wise.
DISPATCHES from Richmond state that Mson,
Goods, Caskie, Bocock, and Powell, are elected
and thsrs are heavy Democratic gains along the
line of the Virginia and Tennessee railroad.
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we SO denominate this article, because il is one
o. those whose truthful monitions are disregarded
until Il is too late to profit by them.
The gigantic war now being carried on by four
great powers, must Of necessity, have gigantic in
huence upon the affairs of all Christendom, and
indeed Of the world Precisely what those effects
VIII be, no human ken can foresee, as in its pro-
gress, no man can tell what other parties may be
involved in the vortex of this fierce struggle
Confning our speculatons to some Of tho ne
cessary results Of this war, supposing il to be
confined TO the parties now actually engaged, we
have abundant cause for serious and cautious con
sideraton
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THE .IRGINIA ELECTION.

"o'ua cannot express the intense interest
"n'eA vas felt here on Thursday in the Virginia
=" ton. Men, women, and children, alike,
shared in it, In the afternoon the excitement be-
came still more intense. The telegraph and
newspaper offices were crowded. The streets
were dotted with groups of anxious inquirers
after news. The telegraph was toe slow for the
universal impatence. Indeed, the telegraph was
rendered imperative by thunder-cloud that
came up most inopportunely, and disappointment
sat on every face. The anxiety here was but
type Of the anxious solicitude that pervaded the
whole nation. At the extreme north, as well as
at the extreme SOUTH the same restless impotence
was felt. There was not, perhaps, telegraph
Office in the United States that was not thronged
with anxious inqurers The same state Of things
existed yesterday. Ii increased towards night
The impatience became painful. All this is
tribute to old Virginia; and though Virgnians
ourselves, we must say, deserved tribute.
One thing was observable. 1t was that the
Know nothings were dull, flat, and out spirits
They seemed to feel, Notwithstanding their former
clamorous boastings, and notwithstanding the
fact that no decisive nans ~'"~ --~~i'od' that
they were beaten. 1t has been said, when great
battles are fought on which depend the fate of
nations, people at great distance catch up an
instructive premoniton of the result So it was
here on Thursday afternoon. There was an all
and the Virginia Democracy.
1t may be--we hate to contemplate so revolt
ing a csntingency-that WISE and the Virginia
Democracy have been beaten. We say it may
be-for our anxiety is SO great, and our aversion
to Dragging 80 strong, that we will not claim the
success Of the Democracy until we knotc of it.
If beaten, Virginia will be in eclipse. If sue
cessful, Virginia will be effulgent, triumphant,
and imposing. She viii shine with new lustre.
Her Democracy have had to battle with ANAL
CATION Of old and new enemies-with all that is
heretical in religion and unsound in politics.
Under new name, with new organization, and
hitherto unknown tactics, all who oppose Demo
racy have united IN a boastful organization.
They have presumed upon the triumphs of their
affiliated organizations at the North, and their
black-legs and gamblers have been betting upon
the same success at the South. They have sought
TO make the elections in Virginia sort of game
of faro, ut which none but gamblers could win.
What the result is we cannot yet determine.
Our earnest hope and firm belief is, that the
Democrats are triumphant. We publish below
such returns as we have received 1t is needless
TO speculate on them. The precise result of the
election win not, perhaps, be known until Sun
day or Monday. When assured that Virginia is
safe and Democracy triumphant, then we will
lif up our voice in Joy and graduation.
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~ The Massachusetts Legislature, says the
New York Courier, on Monday last, closed
session Of one hundred and thirty-nine days 1t
has been one which viii long be famous in the an
nails Of the State. The number of bills passed
and signed was four hundred and eighty eight
resolves, eighty-nine; and there were four bills
vetoed, one Of which was passed notwithstanding
the veto. The pay roll of the House amounted
TO sl6l SOB; and Of the Senate, sl7 $50; total,
s179,153. Printing and other items make the
whole expenses Of both houses over the sum Of
100000 The three great features by which the
session Of 1855 will be remembered are, the act
to remove Judge Loring; the Personal Liberty
BILL and the Hiss affair. And in neither Of these
three features Of its legislation is there any honor
for the State Of Massachusetts,, The first was an
unjusti6abe attempt TO sacrifice Judge for car
rying out, as he was bound by his oath TO do, the
law Of the land; the second is Legis-
lative defiance, on the part Of Massachusetts,, of
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A correspondent OF the Richmond Dispatch,
writing from Danville, under date of May 2lst,
says:
" The Know-nothings in the adjoining Con-
gressional District in North Carolina have nomi-
mated Edwin G.. Reade, esq, of Person, in oppo-
stion to Hon. John Kerr, formerly Wing rep
resentative in Congress, but now an anti-Know-
nothing. The election will come Off in August,
and the canvass will be a most brilliant Que, as
Kerr is one of the most gifted orators in North
Carolina, and is not inexperienced as a stumper;
whilst his competitor, Reade, is one Of the
ablest debaters IT has ever been our fortune 10
hear, though he is wanting in the political expe-
rience of his adversary. The two have been
warm personal friends, and il is hoped they will
continue SO in future. They opened the canvass
last week at Roxboro, on Tuesday Of court week
and each acquitted himself TO the satisfaction Of
his friends.
Colonel Hopkins, Of Powhatan having been
in our town on Saturday night, was invited by
his Democratic friends, and delivered a political
address at the Masonic Hall. II was about two
hours y, t~-,esL l st-~i 49, i-;s D. fvpurn
Of the distinguished speaker"
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sescs o. SHe vFBHHH1 N1octHOMs
For President in 1852, and for Congress in 1883
the counties arranged according to the congress
sonal districts
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Congress, lS53.-No opposition to z. Kidwe
(democrat) in this district

Total. 2,5o6 4,7l2 Ass 6,4I6 7,6o6
snodersss over Lewis, 294; Pierce over Scott,
100. # sstf - 80 IL -
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Congress, S53.-Fayette McMulIen, democrat,
was elected in this district without opposition.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
LIST district.-Thomas III. Daniel, democrat,
A,726; Thomas Boyd, independent, 1892.
Cd district.-Archbald Graham, democrat
l9,008; Samuel Price, whig 1921.
Sd district-No opposition to Edward ]. Arm
strong, democrat
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Majority for caakie. 772; do. for Pierce, as2.
President, ]


Congress, 1853 William o. Goode, demo-
sition.
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Although official accounts have been re-
ceived, the following returns, gathered from vari
GUS sources, may serve substitute:
LYNcHBuRG-Flournoy leads Wise 479; Clai-
borne leads Bocock for Congress 432.
CAMPBELL CoUSrr.-Majority for Flournoy
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Majority for Powell, s3s; do. for Pierce, 81,


UtaI'.'.'3,55I 4,223 4,4Iy $3.50
Majority for Smith, 292; do. for Pierce, 76I.
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General Lane was warmly welcomed home
and renominated for Congress unanimously.
II is believed the formation of State govern
ment will be decided upon at the next election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-06
Personal.

80. DIR. John C. Calhoun, third son of the
Late Hon. J. C. Calhoun, died in South Caro-
Ina on the 24th ult., of CONSUMPTION. He had
just returned from Florida.
80. 1t appears from the foreign journals that
the two $50 called) Aztecs, from Central Amer
lea, who were lately exhibited to the Emperor
of France, have left Paris for London. Thew
will return in about three weeks, and form
lart of the spectacle at the Hippodrome.
go. DIR. Burr h. Able, medical missionary
of the American Board, with Mrs Elizabeth
,. Abbe, sailed in the steamer Canada on the
lSt instant for COnstantinopie, via England
They are destined to the HISTORIANS Of the
Kurdish mountains.
80. Mr.. Edward Brown, much esteemed
young mechanic of Piedmont, Va, has gone
TO st. Petersburg, Russia, to fill a responsible
situation, it is said, at that place-probably ia
one Of the workshops.
80. A correspondent of the Allentown DEM
ocrat dominates A. ii. Reeder for Governor of
Pennsylvania. An article in the Democratic
Union tends the same way.
80. Rev. DR.. Wayland has resigned the
presidency of Brown University, which he has
filled since 1927
80. Horace Greeley is still at Paris, under
going vexatious detention on account of the
Crystal Palace difficulties.
....Dr. John Mcmillan, of South Carolina,
recently died of cholera at SebastopoI He
was surgeon in the Russian army.
THE widow of Count Batthyani, after
assigning all her fortune to her heirs, and dis
tributing twenty thousand forms to her do
mestics, has entered the Convent of the Sisters
Of Mercy, founded by her at Pinkafeld, upon
the frontiers Of Hungary, and has assumed the
name Of Sister Fanny"
....Late English papers announce the death
at the city of Ems, in Germany, on the 7th of
July, of Rear Admiral Sir William Edward
Parry, r. N, one of the most daring and sue
cessful Of modern Arctic explorers.
....Dr. Turnipseed, of Tennessee, entered
the Medical staff of the Russian army in the
Crimea, about IA months since, with the under
standing that he was to continue during the
war. But his health declining, he applied for
a discharge, which was promptly granted, and
he il about to return to his home in Tonnes
zee. In accepting the resignation IF Or. T.
the Emperor conferred upon him the order Of
St. Ann, in consideration of his valuable SER
vices, and as token of his personal regard
presented him 7QQ silver gQWRlsm .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-06
Theatrical.

Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. Florence, the latter a
sister of Mrs. Barney Williams, on Saturday
night last closed very successful engagement
of three weeks at the Holiday street theatre,
Baltimore, during which the manager was re-
peatedly forced to turn away hundred of an
plicants for seats. These young artists are
fairly entitled to the fame they have won all
over the United States in the last year Their
range of characters is similar to that of the
inimitable Barney Williams and his wife
Florence is quieter actor than W. and while
he may fail to please the b'hoys quite as much
his approximations come much nearer those of
Power, who was the founder of the Irish
school in this country. The breadth Of his
humor is not equal to that of Williams though
the gentility of his wagsery and consequently
its power to please cultivated audiences is I'M
surpassed at this day in this country
Mrs. Florence has become a very superior
stage vocalist. while as light CONNIE dicnne-
an impersonator of rich and wild female
fun, frolic, and freshness, if she is now ex-
celled in the United States, it is by Agnes
Robertson only, who, like Mrs. F., was origi-
nally danseuse. The wit of Mrs. Florence,
as displayed upon the stage, is often much SUI
periOr to that of the authors from whom she
plays, as she rarely fails to make much more
out of their best passages than they dreamed
of when writing them. Report says they have
realized almost a fortune in their first year of
starring" They deserve such success. as they
are said to be most estimabe couple Our
old friend Ford, the enterprising manager of
the Kunkels, is now the manager of the Holli.
day, and as when less responsibility rested upon
him, he is interchangeable in his efforts to please
The interior and behind-thc arrange
ments of his theatre are equal to those of any
private house in Baltimore, in convenience,
good taste and comfort, and viii serve well as
model for all who propose to build or i'm
prove theatres. His prospect for very pro-
ftable season are excellent, indeed.
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Steamboa. Collision-Eight Lives Lost

Geographic dispatch from Philadelphia,
dated the 9Th instant, gives the following &C.
count of the steamboat collision on Saturday
night, by which ten or twelve persons lost their
lives:
The steamer General Mcdonald, which star
TED from this city last night on an excursion to
Cape May, met with a sad accident i'm the Del
aware river. About O'Clock, the steamer.
when off the Lazaretto, came in collision with
the schooner q. Pease, which struck her on the
1aIboard side, raking the wheel house, &c,
clear aft, doing considerable damage Some
eight or ten persons who were in the barber
shop were swept overheard and drowned be-
fore assistance could reach them
The schooner sustained but little damage.
The Mcdonald had but 100 passengers on
board, 1t being designed to take larger mum.
Dvr OF Baltlmoreans up at New Castle. The
schooner showed light, but the night was so
dark and stormy, that the pilot was deceived
as to the distance. Most of the passengers
being strangers it is impossible to give the
names OF the lost or the exact number. All
accounts agree that there were ten or twelve
persons IN the barber shop at the time of the
disaster all OF whom must have been crushed
70 death or drowned by being carried over
board. The steamer struck the schooner on
The larboarj side and the boom Of the latter
entered the barber shop, crushing everything
IN rs course, carrying away the wheel house
ana all the rooms on that side of the steamer.
Ihe accident caused quite a disappointment
10 large number OF excursionistS from Balti-
more, who were waiting at New Castle for the
arrival OF the steamer, the accident to which
compelled them to return home without &C.
comprising the trip to the Capes
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The Elections Today.

Elections take place to-day in Kentucky
Alabama, and Texas, for Governor, Congress
men, Numbers Of the Legislature DC. The
contests In all these States is apon the question
of Know y othingism. Some of our friends are
under the impression that Clarke, anti Know
Nothing, will be elected Governor of Kentucky
We cannot permit Ourself to indulge in this
fatterinS impression, as his competitor is,
personally, much the more popular man, and
the Democratic detection in the States is quite
large. So many Wings of Kentucky. however,
refuse 20 cOaiesee with the Know Nothings. rs
to render it probable that Morehead will be
run TO the giIth. We entertain little hone of the
election Of the gallant and independent Pres
ton, to~COngress, from the Louisville district
Humphrey Marshall, his Know-Not Ling oppo.
nent, is at this time, perhaps, the most adroit
stump speaker in the State, and the prejudice
against foreign mechanics, on account of their
competition, RACES quite as violently among a
large class of native born persons in Louisville
as In any other American city. At the last
two elections in that city, rowdy ruHians have
managed to deprive a large number of natural
lied citizens of the right of suffrage, by violence
The latter have come, We hear, to believe that
1t Is the purpose of the Know Nothings in this
election to murder them by wholesale around
the ballOt-boxes, if that may be necessary to
defeat their exercise Of their right as American
citizens, and, therefore, will no, attend the
polls. Indeed, some five hundred of the most
valuable portion Of the uaturalized citizen. Of
Louisville have removed from the city Of late
TO avoid the insults and outrages to which
they have been subjected, on account of their
foreign birth, which are perpetrated with inl.
Punlty' OWING to the political sympathy exist.
ing between the rOwdies and the police Under
these circumstances, We shall not be surprised
III preston is nominaIly beaten !, 900 votes.
In Alabama and Texas, the Know Notbinps
will catch high falls, as probably in maiori.
~ OF the Kentucky Congressional contest.
notwithstanding their Boasts Of what thew e~'
Pect to accomplish.
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sands. We judge of the defeat of the Know
Nothings in Tennessee particularly, because
IN Nashville their leaders give up the hope Of
dentry's election. Some thirty-two counties
lad nominally been heard from up to yestsr-
lay morning, wherein Gentry had gained
1870 votes But the eastern section John
on's) of the State, was expected to give cor
'esponding gain for johnson. Such is the cal
;ulation of the anti Know Nothings, admitted
o be based on the strongest possible chance
or its correctness that Johnson's friends might
lesire.
The Exploded Roorback.-Mr. Vespasian
Ellis has published, but with-ill grace and
most evident dissemination, the whole of Hon.
D. NJ. Barringer's letter to him, rapping him
over the knuckles for aiding in giving cur
rency to Kenneth Rayner's Justification of
what B. told him (R.) concerning his CONVEX
;ation with the Pope's Nuncio at Madrid rela.
i've to the appointment of Hon James Camp
bell to be Postmaster General of the United
States
Mr.. B., in this letter, completely explodes
Rayners foolish bargain story, in saying as
follows
- did not at all suppose that he had any
previous knowledge of an intention to appoint
this gentleman to office, or that he knew or
had any reason to believe it was DONE in pur.
;uance of any bargain or intrigue to this eff
,ect on the part Of any persons whatsoever.
g The inference l made was that the ap-
continent of Catholic to this high Office be-
ing naturally a cause of much interest and
satisfaction to the church of that faith espe-
:ial pains had been taken in some quarter to
communicate the earliest intelligence of that
iact to the leading members of the Catholic
priesthood"
New Mexico.-Recent returns have been
received at Washington, showing that the sur
veying operations are in rapid progress in this
distant Territory. The meridian line has been
extended north from about the Saith degree of
latitude for distance Of nearly six miles.
Dead -George Marshall, a veteran gunner
in the U. S Navy, died of yellow fever, u. the
Naval Hospital, near Norfolk, Va, on Thurs
day last.
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
Department.-On Saturday, the 4th OF August
there were Of Treasury Warrants entered on
the books Of the Department
For the Treasury Department. Sill ,494 80
For the Interior Department. 20 993 So
For the Customs. ............... 1880 Is
War warrants received and en-
tered NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5,23S So
War repay warrants received and
entered. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ia 500 q