The New York herald., 1869-08-30

Inc nrst OF the series OF fall elections takes
place in California on Wednesday next. Sep
tember l. Two judges of the Supreme Court,
members Of tho Legislature and county officers
are to be chosen. Considerable excitement in
regard to candidates has prevailed in the large
cities as well as in the rural districts, and
parties have been pretty well split up. Com
bnations have been formed In number of
districts in order to secure the election of inde
the old party organizations and putting qui-
etus on their leaders. The last election for
judges of the Supreme Court in California oc
Cured in 1867, when Royal L. Sprague, demo-
crat, was elected over John Curry, republican,
by q majority Of 2,269. In 1868 Grant carried
the State by 5l4. In the present Legislature
the republicans have a majority Of six in the
Senate, and the democrats majority Of
twenty in the House--democrati majority on
joint ballot, fourteen. The democratic candi-
dates for judges Of the Supreme Court are J.
B. Crockett and william 4. Wallace, and for
Mayor Of San Francisco Frank McCoppin.
The Vermont election takes place on the 7th
Of September for Governor and State officers
As the State is overwhelmingly republican Of
course there is no danger in predicting the
triumphant election of that ticket, headed as il
Is by one of the house Of Washburne.
The State election In Maine occurs on the
18th September and will afford some indication
as to the popularity Of General Grant and his
administration, whether they have lost or
gained popularity. Grants majority in 1868
was 2S,Os0, and Chamberlain's, the present
republican candidate for Governor, 20, 4O3. A
United States Senator IL to be chosen In place
of William Pitt Fessenden, who seems to have
lost some caste with the radicals on account of
his course in the, Senate relative to the i'm
peachment trial--he having voted against that
measure. The malcontents are not, it ia ap-
pretended, sufficiently strong to prevent his
return to the Senate If he desires to 60.
There is also some muddle In the republican
ranks in Maine in regard to the. temperance
question, and third party Is talked Of
Some Of the republican papers affect
to despiss the movement, while the
democrats are hopeful of creating split in
the republican ranks that viii result to their
benefit But the indications are that whether
third party attempts to make a show at the
polls or not (they have already candidate
for Governor in the person of a worthy gen.
tleman named Hichborn) Chamberlain will
be reelected by decisive majority. The
democratic candidate for Governor is General
Franklin Smith, quite strong and popular
candidate. Some interest is attached to the
election in Maine, as her vote, with her State
motto-''Dirigo" ! lead-are used in all i'm
portant electioneering occasions as tending to
show which way the popular sentiment is
drifting.
The above comprise all the State elections
that occur during the month of September.
In October the great field days Of the fall cam
paign occur in Pennsylvania and Ohio, with
State elections In Iowa and Colorado; and in
November the elections in New York, New
Jersey, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Wisconsin
and Illnois-with their 80 long forlorn sisters,
Mississippi and Texas-close the fall season
for the year 1869.