Weekly Trinity journal., 1865-11-18
A Succession of Union Victories.

A Succession Of Union Victories.
The returns from all the State elections held
this month show glorious Union victories. In
New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland,
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nevada, the Admins
tration party has achieved glorious trumphs.
Iu New York Gen. F. G.. Barlow is elected Sec
retary of State by 81 900 majority, and the vote
shows a large Union gain in the State. A great
! falling-of in the Democratic vote is noticed in
the Empire City, the Copperheads carrying it by
only about "a 900 majority, against $1,000 last
year for Mcclellan. Ben. Wood is elected to the
State Senate from the city by the Copperheads,
but the entire Union State ticket is elected, and
the Union party gain a number of Senators and
Assemblymen. Buffalo went Union for the first
time in years. 1t is gratifying to know that old
New York has so emphaticaly declared her dis
gust for Democratic rule, and there is reason to
believe that Gen. Barlow majority would have
been much greater but for the ftct that his oppo-
nent-Gen. Slocum-was War Democrat. Had
the q Democracy nominated one of the cring
ing. sneaking tools of the rebellion-a man of
the Valandgham stripe-it is quite certain that
Barlow majority would have been from so 900
to 75 900 But the victory is complete enough,
and it may interest our readers 20 know
thing more of the history of General Barlow, the
Secretary of State elect This information is
afforded in the following brief biography,
for which we are indebted to the Contra Costa
Gazette:
General Barlow enlisted on the first call of the
country for troops and refusing commission
Necause ignorant of military matters and for
BE reason that difficulty would be experienced
in obtaining officers, he took his place in the
ranks as private was afterwards advanced to
a lieutenancv in the company to which he be-
longed and when the three months term of en-
listlnent had expired mustered out and i'm
mediately engaged in raising for the New
York 6lSt Regiment, of which he became Lieut..
Colonel. and afterwards Colonel, distinguishing
himself in the battles of the Peninsula At the
battle of Antctam, acting rs commander of a
brigade lie severely wounded in the groin,
and in the breast, and his life despaired of, but
in recognition of services the rank of Brigader
General was conferred him. He recovered
in season to lead his command at the battle of
Charlottesville, where he greatly distinguished
himself. At Gettysburg, in the first days fight,
after losing two staff officers, General Barlow
body and while laying upon the field exposed to
the fire of both armies, received two other
wounds. The ground being occupied by the
enemy at the close of the day, the star upon his
shoulder attracted the notice of General Early,
who desiring to ascertain the name of the dead
Union General, gave directions, the execution of
which caused him to open his eyes, when the
officers with Early proposed paroling him, but
Early declared it would be waste of time, for
he Gould not live; when Barlow with difficulty
r,fsed his head upon his arm and said . will
five to fight you yet, General - promise which
he fulfilled by capturing division and forty pie
ces of artillery in charge upon Earlys corps
at Epottsylvana Court House.
Mrs Barlow, who was one of the mnstcrng
angels that followed our army to nurse our sick
and wounded soldiers, sought out and recovered
her wounded husband from the field of death,
and through her assiduous care he was slowly
restored so to his command when
Grant commenced the journey through the Will
oerness, where again his gallant achievements
added to his laurels and contributed to the
nown of our arms, but receiving another wound
and the old ones breaking ont afresh, he was
obliged to take furlough from which he returned
in season to join the army before Petersburg.
where he was advanced to the rank of Major
General. AS mementos of war experience,
Mrs. Barlow was able to exhibit after the battle
of the Wilderness, tea-cup full of Mimic balls,
erals wounds.
Massachusetts elects Colonel Alex H. Bullock
over General Couch, military man of the Nc
Clellan school, by overwhelming majority,
Bullock receiving three-fourths of the whole vote
General Banks is elected to Congress in the Sixth
District. The Copperheads elect only one Sena-
tor IL the whole State. The vote shows fall
ing-olf Of one-third from that of last year, and
the Copperhead decline is even greater
New Jersey has gone Unon and Nasby has
transferred his headquarters to some yet unknown
locality. Stole all the chickens in his parish,
but did not succeed in shoulderinc the RESPONSE
bility on his much hated African brethren
Ward (U.) beats Runyon d. by 5000 or 4 1000
majority for Governor. There is also large
Union gain in the Legislature Hurrah for the
Union, the Constitutional Amendment and New
Jersey
Maryland returns Union victory so far as
heard from In Baltimore, the opposition to the
Union ticket was trifing. In Minnesota Colonel
VIM. L. Marshall is elected Governor by large
majority over his . Democratic" opponent As
far heard from, the Wisconsin vote gives Fair
childs (U.) l,GS7 majority for Governor. The
result of the vote negro suffrage in that State
is doubtful.
All the returns received from Kansas are that
the Union ticket elected in Douglas, Atch-
son and Leavenworth.
Our young sister State of Nevada has done
nobly nearly two-thirds of all the votes cast be-
ing for the Union candidate. Democracy" is
certainly at discount, in the Pacific as well as
the Eastern States.
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