The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-07-28
EENAEssEE,
Emerson EtherIdEo Up for the state
hsnAte-CompoaIIIon OF the next
LeEIHIatuFe-EstImAte Of
RenteF's Majority.


LeEIHIatuFe-EstImAte Of
EenteF's HIaJOrlty.
Cor. Cincinnati Conm1ein.
NASHVILLE, July 90
Hon. Emerson Elherldge has an
nounced himself ~ a candidate for the
Slate Senate. His election Ia certain.
It IL well known that this Btep ia
taken I'M n Stepping.ston 10 something
higher, bis aspirations being the United
States Senate. There will be n beautI.
ful crop Of candidates for I'm latter
position after the Legislature meets.
me coming Legislature will contain
quite q number OF able and influential
men, such as could not possibly be
elected under extreme Radical rule.
The Senate, especially, will embrace
more than an ordinary proportion OF
experienced and cultivated men, 30
that body will compare iaYorably with
any similar one In the country.
The Knoxville Wig, OF yesterday, In
carefully prepared articles, estimated
that Sentet's ms jortty will be at least
GO.OOO, and that Il may not be conSid.
cred surprising III reaches over l00, 900,
The Stute journal. Of this afternoon,
publishes a dispatch dated the 2ith
inst, from Postmaster General CreS>
we'll to w. Is. Stokes, In which he SAYS:
believing you to be the true repTessn.
tative Of tho Republican party Of Ten.
nessee, ! earnestly advocate your cleo.
tlon, and trust that every sound Re.
publican In your State will rally en-
lhuslasticAlly 10 your support. The
President Ia absent from the CITY, buI I
am confident that | declare his opinion
aud deslre.'
CIR. Cincinnati GasctLe.
NASHVILLE, July 20.
General Stokes nj Pulaski, today,
read tho telegram from Postmaster
General Cr0ssWsll, ipdorSiDg him
(Stokes.) The effect upon the crowd
was small, rs It was com posed mostly OF
Democrats, who are more enthusiastic.
ally for Senter than ever, since they have
learned tue Administration opposes him,
The Memphis Post. hitherto neutral In
the contest, Is now out pretty decidedly
for Stokes, the outrageous violations OF
law In reference to The registration OF
votes In West Tennessee having driven
nearly all the Republicans In that sec .
lion from Senter's support. The Knox.
Vile Wing, hitherto strongly Senter, ia
seriously alarmed, and denounoes the
action OF the Democrats in getting out
their own men for The Legislature as a
violation Of good faith. 1t says Il was
understood that the Democrats wore 10
remain neutral In the canvass, but that
they are now repudiRtinG the Republic
oAn candidates for the Assembly and
bringing ont men OF their own.
1t IL reported that The rebels In Rob.
SrIson, Montgomery, Henry and other
counties have formed a combination 10
prevent colored citizens from voting
at the coming election. Some Of the
United States troops have recently ar
rived s,and General Lowell will doubt.
less be sent 10 these localities to pre-.
serve the peace.
The Tennessee Slate Journal has an
other article, this evening, holding
forth that for ex-rebel soldiers 10 vote
on the certificates they have Illegally
obtained will be violation OF their
pArol, and threatens their prosecution
before military commission II they
persist.