St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1863-11-05
SAINT MARy's GAZETTE
LEONARD TOWN. NM.

LEONARD TOWN. MD.
THURSDAY MORNING. NOV. 5. 1861
The Election.
The elecrion in this county. on yes'er-
day. PASSED off with the occurrence Of
hrt one incident worthy Of record. In
pausxent District. Sylvester castigen
Eco. an old and est.emel ci,iz-n. was
arrested by the military. for what cansc
,.e haze na. been informed. Up TO pre-
sent writing. be Is still prisoner. m,.
as we knnw him 10 l,t incapable Of the
~nn,mission efa grave effrncc against the
laws of hin State or Country. re trust.
ere this sh,ll reach our readers. lis rrlaase
will have been effected. The weather
was so delightful on Yesterday. chat We
;nsicipaied the pnlline Of The full vote of
tho county. Int We find ihat all The Dis
tric,s have fallen a littfe short of rho av-
erage vote. The presence of soldiers at
The varinns v"tipg fre..inis no doubt had
= tendency TO derer same If the more
t,miI Of a,ar people frnm voting. and the
democratic majority he#t.is, eanss qaenfiy.
smaller Than it was,ld have been. The
s'ondaet of tho soldiers amongst us coma
invnds The general approval Of our people.
md entities both ihem aud their officers
fe favorable notice in this connection.
The Eieeiinn in The county for Com,Gis-
sioncr OF Public Works became hotll con-
fused and complicated in consequence Of
The fact. that DIR. Higgins name bad
been printed upon the tickets before it
was known that he had declined 10 I've
candidate. Mr.. Harwood's vote is very
materially diminished through this mis-
take. as il would otherwise have been
quite as large as that polled i"r MIR.
Harris. Below. we give the full returns
of the entire vote of the county.
fDr Conpsrol'er.
/ . 3 4 6 Tmai
MaG:s c5 l73 2a5 100 50 AZ 10
Grlds'h Up ~ liz - lG - go
Far Commissioner Of fhe Land Office.
seabrook. 17s Il5 l2a l7s 81 lis 500
For Congress
Harris. III 2Io goo 200 llG !l2 1924
Holland III IL IL l3 8 80 21i
calvert II SO 90 9 50
For Commissioner If Pniljc Works
Duke. 1928 rs - 6; o5 $50
liza, wnd l95 % Al 334
Higgins. IL 80 ii 81 % 2S!'
Far NO"ss IF T|'tgafes.
Dent. Il POS aTs 227 80 los $50
Martin. , III l-5 l"2 1856 le5 72I
Dunbar I ~ =, l Il: j.! Z % 2. S S9d
Far .1atr's .fHorney.
Maddox. So 1872 ISL 1873 IS 90 7is
.Iamison. 40 l29 1870 158 VI 10 694
For Clerk.
Camalicr. 1877 1Is l47 lG9 -n - 72s
Rlakis,one. "a I4s Ill i2s IS 81 go
Register If WIS.
Raley. 1853 239 27S 232 l2s ia l"l7
Adams. il 40 - 10 IS
For Sheriff.
Dorsey I23 % I75 1913 - 5Ga
Duke ~ $40 l57 IA j H3 Ii9
Edwards. go IS - Ia l3S s5 OBJ
For Comfy !Srreeyor.
Wa,hen. II2 = a09 27G - 1863 $50
Far Orphans Cart.
Spalling y lGl 2SS III 81 1913 ss7
YATES. 81 lis 23s III - 1905 SEQ
Kirk. sc l4S 10 2o8 l0S RI COS
Neale. 81 III III l6:; 43 % GS2
For Comfy Commissioners.
ei.h 81 1877 go 1876 Al 81 GG5
IIerhert4F l53 2l3 l54 II 20 CPS
Floyd. 81 lS5 16i ST Is 10 COZ
Hpw'll 46 l97 1853 G5 So 80 COS
Heard. 81 30 20l 10a 81 l25 600
uwler. 80 81 ~ $40 81 6G $50
Ford. ITO 1873 ZIG 5a 20 ~ 800
Grcenll s ~ IL Ga ~ 3l0i
Alvey. 6 u ~ so l2T 30 80
NIattinslcy 3 10 ~ l04 81 "a go
Key. 4 20 IL IS - l40!
st. Migoes District.---Fsr Magistrates. |
Roach 10. TYLER l1u Far (ousf,f- /