Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-10-08

INDLANA, Iowa, AND MIEERSoTA-A Glance at
the Chance Tie Belmont .Distries-.Next Tues.
day will be very important day to the people
everywhere, but especially to thecitizens of Eve
States of tho Upion. On. that day, elections
will be held in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Iowa, and Minnesota. In the first there are to be
elected Supreme Judge, Canal Commission
or and twenty-five members Of Congress. In
the second there are to he elected member of
the Board of Public Works, Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction aud tweuty.one
members of Congress. In the third, State
ticket and eleven members of Congress are to
be chosen. In the fourth, members of Congress.
In Minnesota there will be no election for mem
bers of Congress, but what in her case is scarce
ly less important, legislature is to be chosen
upon which will taeVolve the duty of selecting
a successor to Gen. Shields, in the U. S. Senate,
who, as our readers remember, pulled the
short stick, when Minnesota was admitted, and
sogOt the short term.
We have scanned the reports reaching US from
these various scenes of hot excitement, with
considerable interest, and have weighed some
little in our mind the chances pro and con- In
Pennsylvania, we are Of the opinion that tho
Administration will meet with stern rebuke-
that a Pennsylvania President will be repudiat-
ed by Pennsylvania constituency. We have
very little doubt but what the State part of the
Opposition ticket will sweep the Commonwealth
from PhilodeIphia to Scrabble" and turn up
at least twenty thousand strong. The vote on
the Congressional ticket will be less expressive
and in its tone more feeble. twill, however,
speak loud enough to be heard, and will be sig
niicant enough for those for whom it is intended.
So far as we can guess, (for it is all more or
less guess work in such matters,) there will be
but.one aOOsOed Lecomptonite returned-and he
will be Mr.. Thomas b. Florence, of the lst
Philadelphia district. In addition to being per-
sonally popular, he has no small help in the fact
that the Opposition are badly split up. In,his
district, besides himself, are running an Anti
Lecompton, an American and Republican can
didate. Ofcourso Florence will beat any one of
them clear and clean out of sight. We only
wonder that his competitors are fools enough
to stand up to be so indecenuy knocked down.
We takeit they must be of the small fry am
bilious kind, who, like the man in the play, lay
no small store by the notoriety obtained from
kick In the 3D., 4th and 22d districts, both
In the 9th, 18th and 18th districts Republican
and Antt-Lecompton Democrats arc on the
track. So that whoever wins in these districts,
the Administration loses. The "feller citizens
of "Jeems" Buck seem bent on that result, at
least The 9Th district is somewhat mixed and
slightly uncertain, from the fact that it includes
theimmortal Berkscounty-th Holland of these
United States-which, like Old lack at Buena
Vista, makes it point never to surrender
Berks give Mr.. Buchanan over eleven thousand
votes, Fillmore three thousand and something
and the "Wooly Horse" the neat sum of a
thousand and thirty-seven, according to the re.
turns footed upin Greeley's Almanac. This
Berks district is represented by the redoubtable
Jehu G. Jones-called, for short, las we'll as
eWphonia causa) j. Clancy Jones. ,Jehu is the
man Friday and bottle washer general of the
White House, and is the butt for the biggest
ticks of Forney's pen. Forney is supposed to
know thing or two about Pennsylvania poll
tics-therefore, We rather count on Jehu being
ntuP the stump. If he isn't, why, then, we
are sorry, that's all.
In Ohio the thing is little on the Camera
Obscure order-iu spots we meau,-but as a
whole, we make out FIRST class case for the
opposition. For instance, there's our neiehbors
over the stream; they are somewhat muddy on
the result in their district. The case stood on
this wise, the last time an experiment was tried.
Belmont county gave ,579 votes for Chase.
2.417 for Payne, $50 for Van Trump. It is
claimed over there now that the Americans and
Republicans pull together on Theaker, and if
the count is correct he will lead Sprigg 1o5
votes. The other counties forming the district
are Noble, Guernsey and Monroe. Noble gave
1928 for Chase, 1889 for Payne, and the fat.
tering testimonial of l6 for v. Trump, ESQ.,,
the footings up of all of which leave 90, plus,
for Theaker to come aud go on. In Guernsey
the vote stood, ,9ll for Chase, ,T9s for Payne
and 60 forthe unfortunate Trump, which counts
1sS more for the chances of Theaker. And
this brings us to Monroe-Monroe, ''the big dog
with the brass collar" in the cause of the Saith
fal-the stay and hope of Sprigg. Well, Mon
roe gave Chase GAG, Payne 1,s49, and Trump
90, which. if figures don'tlie. allows Mr.. Sprisg
1897 of 50 spare" So, now, to sum up, we
have seen that Belmont gives combined ma.
jority of los for the opposition Noble IS,