American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-10-20
NEWS DEPARTMENT..
From tho San Francisco Chronicle.
The State ElectiOn--T'riuInp Of
the Know NotbinSs.

so DkSCttou--t DN OIL
the Know Notbinss.
The great subject Of interest during
the last fortnight has been the result Of
the election for State & county officers
held on tho 9th inst. The whole Know
Nothing State ticket is elected, though
IL NJ. Anderson, candidate for Lieut..
Governor. and Hugh C. Murray. candi
date for Supreme Justice, have succeed.
ed by small majori,ics. The other eau.
didates have from 1000 To 5000 major
iiy. The State officers clecr, are:
Governor-J. Needy johnson. Lient.
Govornor--R. M. Anderson. Justice
Supreme Coun-(long term)-Hugh C.
Murray. Justice Supreme Cnult-(short
term)-David 5. Terry. Comptroller,
George w. Whitman. Treasurer Hen.
ry Bales. Auornry--W illam G.. Wal
lace. Survey"r-John A. Bre ws,er.-
State Printor-- James Allen.
The Know No,hings have q majority
OF or 3 in the Senate, ana about 20 in
the Assembly.
The new administration goes into
office on Now Years day. Nearly all
the mining counties. particularly those
III the North, went for johnson. San
Francisco and the Southern coast coun-
ties OF Santa Barbara. Los AnGelos,-
San Diego, aud San Bernadino, (Mor.
mondom) went for Bigler.
The total number of votes east in San
Francisco was 1854.
Ihc Georgia Electiou.-As was an
t!cipatcd, the election in this state has
gone against the American party, by a
majority ranging probably from two
to three thousand Notwithstanding
the American candidate for Governor
is defeated, it cannot but be admitted
that the party has achieved wonders in
Georgia, when we take into considcra-
ton the short time the organization
has been established in the State. and
the powerful Influences it had to con-
tend against-thc Democratic, Whig
and Temperatures parties being all ar
raycd against it. We learn from the
Savannah papers that two-thirds of the
vote pollcd in that city for the Demo
cratic ticket were given by forcign-born
men. The Savannah Republican uses
the following language:
"Thc American party is defeated, |
but not subducd or dishcartcncd.-
They will never give up the ship
They have entered upon this work for
for three months |
service. There is not man of them
who had not rather suffer defeat than
to triumph in such company as that
which has borne the opposition to q
temporary victory"
Tile Pennsylvania .E2ection.-Thc
foreign party in Pennsylvania have
doubtless elected a majority of their
candidates, but this cannot be regard
as Democratic triumph. The chief
issue before the people was the liquor
question, and the liquor League organ
Ized throughout the State in opposition
to the stringent law on the subject,
spent hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
to accomplish their object, and have
carried the day. The Philadelphia In
qlircr says:
Ihere were so many parties, and so
much dissatisfied feeling, that hundreds |
OF citizens, no doubt neglected to vote.
The union agreed upon at Harrisburg
was not thoroughly carried ont, chiefly
because it was determined upon at so
late an hour. The probability is there
lore, that as many as thirty thousand
Opposition votes were thrown away.
Ohio Electi0n.--Cincinnati, Oct15.
The Gazette Of Saturday has returns
from n counties, which give Chase q
nett majority Of 1880 for Governor.
The remaining counties will increase
this figure.
In 43 counties the returns show the
election Of 10 Americans, and 3 DEM
ocratlc Senators. The returns from
rs counties show the election of "a
American representatives, and 10
Democrats.
Kansas observation-disclosures, Oct
Adyiccs from Kansas state that the
election held in that Territory on the
"a inst. was controlled by nonresident
missionaries, for whose accommodation
ferry boats we're plying to and fro du-
ring the day.
IT'D
The Editor Of the Washington Ind.
Telegraph says. in reply to some charg.
es preferred against. his political course:
We were once a Dem"crat; so was