Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-11-13
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small The clear Democratic majority over both the
other parties combined is very considerable The ag-
gregate vote is much smaller than it was last year.
Last year the Republicans carried the State Of
New York by eighty thousand majority, and it may
readily be conceived that with this fact before them it
required considerable the part of the Democrats
to offer battle and hope for victory. If they have car
ried the State against such Odds it will be triumph
indeed They have certainly cut down this enormous
majority far to place the result in doubt and to
give sanguine Democrats to believe that the
State has gone Democratic by ten to fifteen thousand
We trust that it So but there is reason to believe it
probable that it has gone for the Republicans by
inal plurality In either event the Democrats have made
tremendous gains Some time will still be required to
finally decide the matter so far the State ticket is
concerned.
Even more interest is attached to the composition OF
the next Legislature, as upon it will depend whether
the New York Metropolitan police law and other
Black Republican usurpations will be sustained or
abrogated This will require still longer to canvass
So far as ascertaned Republicans have been elected
from the City or vicinity. The Charter election in the
City comes off on the first of December.
MARYLAND-We take it for granted that the Know
Nothings have swept the State AS usual, Mayor
Swami, of Baltimore kept his promise to the ear, but
broke it to the heart There fewer killed on We'd
nesday than has been the recent custom there but there
were quite as many disanchised. The telegraphlc re
ports to the associated press say that the day passed oil
quite peaceaby considering they only killed one Irish
man in the 18th ward-drove the Naturalzed voters
from the polls in the 18th and had reports OF disturba-
ces in some of the remote wards. In the evening they
only had some customary disturbances and bloOdshed
and at nine o'clock the Know Nothings paraded the
streets with banners and transpaencies guns and
pistols claiming triumph in the election of their whole
ticket in the city.
The Washington Union gives the following despatch
from an appropriated and perfectly reliable source.
"BALrINoEE Nov. 4-s4, p m.-There were disturbances
at many wardsmOre or less at ALL To send details
would be intelligent only at great length probable that
two or three lost. The oregnbOn vote seems to
have been generally excluded The nOw-nOthng majority
doubtless will be enormous
Upon the whole it would appear that the dongs OF
Wednesday last pretty much of the same sort as
those of the municipal election last month.
We are without Baltimore papers to-day.
MAssACHUsETTs-Banks is elected Governor by
plurality of over 10000. State Senate 30 far, 81 Re
pubFcans,' l ~American.' and Democrats. House
LAG Republicans, 80 Americans and "a Democrats.
Massachusetts, is given up to her idols.
| Lou1sIANA.-New Orleans gone Know Nothing
State Democratic, suppose Little or no interest
| New JERsEY-DcmOcrats have carried both branch
es of the State Legislature.
| WIscoHsIH-Cross Democrat, probably elected Gov
ernOr.
NEW YORK ELECToNs.-The New York Tribune
comedies the State to the Democrats by $4,000 to TO-
900 over the Black Republicans 1t endeavours to &C
count for this by saying that the Republicans to the
number of 100000 abstained from voting, while the
Democrats polcd their full strength. This all none
sense The aggregate fell off from the fact that the
citement was less than in the great and decisive struggle
for the Presidency and from the further fact that the
financial pressure of the times occupied men minds to the
exclusion of political subjects But this affected all par
ties and there no reasonable ground for supposng that
had the fullest possible vote Of the State been pOled
the result would have been nOticeably different The
legislature still remains in doubt The Tribune con-
ccdes the House to the Democrats but claims Repub
lican majority in the Senate.
MASSACHUSETTS Republicans largely in the ascend
ant Banks plurality $4,000. Legislature decidedly
Republican or American Repuohcan as lIH papers
of that party put it.
MARYLAND.-Of doings in Baltimore on Wednesday
last the Sun saws We have seen and heard enough
TO know tnat no pTdctlca [tLeuy lOI 0Ao'i'iS S' ~
likely to he employed at present Where it is to come
FROM and in what extremity the future alone deter
mine-conecture is utterly at fault.
1t would appear that Congressman and State officers
including members of the Legislature and not including
Governor were to be chosen. The returns somewhat
meagrp but sufficient to show that the Know Nothing
ticket for State officers has been successful by large
majority and that the Democrats have made some gains
on the vote for congressman, having probably cleo
, ted Kunkel, Democrat, Hoffman, the present
is American member, from the fifth district.
IorIsIANA-DemOcratc State ticket elected. -Four
, Democrats and one American " to Congress. The
telegraph classes the Democratic Congressman elect as
! two Sidell and two antiSdell Democrats. What all
! this means hardly know.
WLMINGTox AND WELDON RAMRoAD.-We are gra
tilted hear in these hard times of trouble, the pros
porous condition of this road 1t chartered about
eighteen twenty years ago. it COST for construction
and equipment ST 100000; it had to commence with
constructions debt which has been omitted to be
paid at the day. The steamer that carried to Eng
land the of the suspension OF our banks and the fail
ure of many of our railroads carried out gold to
the last insalment due on these bonds. A dividend Of
per cent has been declared this stock for the last
five wears A sinking fund has been created, OF pei
cent its capitol stock to meet its final liabilities when
due This road forming it does main link IN the cham
of railroad from Washington City to New Orleans, is in
fine working order its agents active Obglng and III
telligen and much credit is due to the zeal and super
vision of its president on VIM. $. Ashe) who indie
Eatigabic in his eXertOns for its prosperity
f We copy the above from of our Virginia ExcLan
e gcs We think it deserved tribute to the manage
mcnt of our road In these days of railroad failure
and SusncnSon the noSitiOn OF the Wilmington & Wei