The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-05-19
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

A Free-Soil paper is to be started at St.
Joseph's, Missouri. The statement going the
rounds of the press that this will be the second
Of Us kind in the State is an entire mistake.
There are four or five Free Soil papers in St.
Louis, and, if we are not mistaken, there is
more than one in existence in the country
towns.
4 FREE-SoILER ELECTED MAYOR IN STE.
'GESEyIEyE-We have Just received intell-
gehce of the election, on Monday last, of j. f..
II. James, Esq, to the Office of Mayor Of the
' city of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Mr.. St. James
was among the first and boldest advocates of
rec Sollism in Missouri, and is known and rec
OGlsed throughout the State as one among the
abest of the thousands of young men in our
State who have enrolled themselves under the
Republican banner for the battle of 1860. Ma
hOna Democracy had not even the boldneSs TO
offer an opposition to his election.
lhus the towns and cities along our rivers
aud railroads are continually giving expression
TO feeling which is finding its way rapidly into
the interior. From every part of the State the
most cheering news is daily reaching us. The
results of the coming elections are already be-
ginning to be shadowed forth The question
q time itself is almost settled. The fall Of
the slave power is now inevitable.-.T. Louis
Democrat.
MASSACHUSETTS,. The two years amend
meut was carried, Monday, by several thousand
majority in total vote of less than IL, 900, per
haps not more than 10000. The FIVE western
counties all give majorities against it but the
eastern counties as uniformly sustain it. Spring
nd ba nplv hot
voted against it. Thou canst not say | did
It. 1t is the victory of mistaken policy, a
harrow conceit, and religious and national
1gotry, and will return to plague the politicians
who assisted in winning it.
In consequence of informalites, the State
cauvassers of Wisconsin rejected 1920 votes
cast at the recent election for Supreme Judge
OF the State. The returns from Adams, Bad
Ak, Columbia, Juneau, Richland, st. Croix,
and Wlnnebago, were rejected, for the reason
Inat the county seals were not attached to them.
those from Brown, Fond du Lac, Jefferson,
Aanitowoc, Marathon, Pierce, Racine, Rock
aud lrempeleau, were rejected, for the reason
that The returns were not canvassed on the day
nAed by the statute fer the county canvass. The
throwing ont of these votes reduces, but does
u, not overcome, the majority of Mr.. Paine, the
republican candidate. With the deduction,
The vote for Supreme Judge stands:
byron byron Paine 40,50O
lliam P. Lynde 1886
Scattering "a
PANE majority 2,l45
David Noggle 6.3O2
'ohn NJ: Keep 2,647
A s Sloan 1857
D. L. Mann $40
David Taylor 4479
D. lallnadge 1862
. The total vote of the State, including the re-
Jeeted counties, is 1888.
Inc INIANAPoLIs ELEcrroS-FIyE Hun
DIED REPUBLICAN MAJoRITY.-The municipal
erection IN indianapolis, May Sd, resulted not
only IN a triumph for the Republicans, as was
eH s but in gain over the vote of 1853.
ol lnll $50 votes
\, The Republican candidate for Mayor. s. d.
maxwell, received 1895 votes, while his Dem.
T' Iad opponent, James McCready, received
''t1Z The following were elected
Mayor, 5. d. Maxwell; Marshall. JEFF. Spr;np.
II.eeh; Clerk, John G. Waters; Treasurer.
i; a.neS NJ jameson; Attorney, Byron X. Ell.
ilou Engineer, James Wood. SEN: Street Gem.
" '1p5o ole' Henry Colestock; Assessor, Robert
Io az a republicans, except Springsteen and FL
slderatons "0 W Pei'o""i oon-
eshepubicans elect nine out of the four