Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 49, Vevay, Switzerland County, 12 November 1840 — Page 2

VBYAY TIMES- AND SWITZERLAND COUNTY DEMOCRAT.

Below we give returns from all the counties in Pennsylvania, as taken from a Cincinnati paper of Tuesday morning, and they arc considered as near correct as any statement yet published. The official returns may alter some of the figures, but the result will not bo found lo vary much from this statement.

PEN .VS YLV A XIA.

are purposciy exaggerated to produce an effect upon the elections in this and the neighboring Slates.— Wa have exposed their tricks in this lino on several occasions before, ami hive no doubt that we shall be compelled to tho same duty as soon as the official returns arc made known from Philadelphia. In 1833 they attempted the same stratagem which they arc endeavoring to carry into effect at this time. ‘•They caused reports to be ciicufaled that certain well known Democratic States had gone for the Opposition, when they-knew at the time that such was not the fact. Again, in 1836, they published for the same purpose pretended returns, from Pennsylvania, which wo pronounce be false and were justified by the event; After this experience, we have no hesitation in rejecting the enormous majorities which some,of the\V hig prints of this morning are claiming Pennsylvania.” 1 he Pennsylvanian of the 3J gives a correct? cd table of returns from the Whig papers, and shows a Van Buren majority of2030, and a few Democratic counties to be heard from, which gave 000 Van Huron majority on the 13lb. This would make the Van Duron majority- 3280. The Pennsylvanian remarks; “Our friends may rest assured that the Slate is safe for Van Buren, notwithstanding tho pretended rciurns announced by the Whig expresses, and which have already list their party thousands of dollars!” Tho New York Herald says; “The difficulty is to believe these returns, (coming mostly Jrom Whig sources. They have so often lied that honest men cannot believe them. * * * * * * ♦ Our Jirm belief it, that Penntvlcama hat gone fur Van Buren.. The National Intelligencer of the 4ih speaks thus dispondingly; “Wo give below such returns from this state as have reached us, A few of them are direct and authentic, but the major part are derived from the newspaper stateincnts, which being founded probably, in many instances, on mere rumor, cannot be relied on. This uncertainty in regard to the correctness of many of the repotted majorities, together with the evident closeness of the vote, leaves the result still in doubt. Such was the case in regard to the returns from tho same State in.lho Presidential election of 1830, and to such an. extent that not until seven days after the election was it ascertained in this city, or indeed in Philadelphia, how the vole of tho Slate lied been cast. ' In tho returns given below we can only say that they aio as nearly correct as wc have any means of making them.” The New York Herald of tho 3d insi. says: “Fifty counticshavo been heard from, leaving five yet to come in. We have, taken immense pains to give a correct table of the returns and have thrown aside all the spurious statements that now flood the city,- We have given only those that bear the mark of some authenticity. In fourteen counties in our table the full vole is added, and in the remainder, the majorities, many of which reached us In an official shape.” CHero is shown that the Van Buren majority in 50 counties is 1349.] “According (o this, Van Buren has lost 3,695 votes, but still has a majority of 1,349 oyer Harrison. Tho five counties'to hear from may. wipe off this and mare too; and then again, they may not. Let ua sec. On the 13th of the last month, those counties gave the following vote.” [Showing a Harrison majority in the Are counties of 408.] .... “If the same number was polled on the 30th, tho State is safe for Van Buren by about SoO votes. But if Harrison gained in.them in ibe same ration as in other parts of the. State, Van Buren cannot have more than 5C0'. major ty. This is the closest calculation that can be m de. If, however, some of tho Whig reported maj lilies shold bo shaved down a bit, as they may be f his majority will, of course, be.lai^r.vOn .the strength of nil, these circumstance*;' therefore, both official and reported, the probability,is, that Pennsylvania has gono for Von Buren; but by a diminished majority, say from five hundred to a| thousand,”

Ohio*-State Election.

VEVAY:

The Ohio Statesman of the SOiti ult., contains returns of the vote* polled in every county in the State fur Governor, from which it appears thst Corwin received 144,051, and Shannon 127,564. Majority for Corwin, 16,000. There were, lays the Statesman, about 60,000 more voles polled than in 1633.

VIRGINIA. CovKTtts. Va.x Bur ex. Harbisox, Amelia, . 73 Albermarlo, 202 Augusta, 700 Berkley, 229 Brooks, 125 Chesterfield, 285 Caroline, 71 Clarke, JO Cabell, . 171 Charles City, . 150 Culpepper, 56' Elizabeth City, 30 . Farquier, 150 Fairfax, 45 Fluvanna, ' 181 Frederick, 10 Goochland, 213 Greenville, 48 Hanover, 9 Henrico, 46 Isle of Wight, 477 Jackson, 47 Jefferson, 77 King William, 192 ■ King & Queen, 40 King George, 39 Kenawka, 2SC Louisa, 200 Loudon, 883 Marshall, 8 Mason, 101 Madison, ' 311 Notlaway,' - ,60 Nansemon, 100 ■ Now Kent 40‘ Norfolk Borouglr, 231 do county , 83 Orange, -2 . ■ Ohio, ‘ 635 Prince George,. 115 Po what tan, 33 Petcraburgh, 17 ■ Page, 450 Prince'William, 227 s Princess Ann, 131 Rockingham, 1000 . Rappahannock, IS Richmond City, 405 Spot tsyl vanla,. 8 Surry, . 100 Sussex, 237 Sbanandoah, 1155 Stafford, .37 Tyler, ’ 70 Wood, 1 150 GIKI9 5303 53U3 Von Burcn’s maj. 0706 ‘

FRIDAY,'

NOVEMBER FI. 1810.

Latest from Pennsylvania.

The Senate stands 22 Democrats to 11 Whig* In the House, the Whig* will have about 25 majority. ,

figures, but the result will not bo found lo var much from this statement. Vas'Bchex. HAtuuBo.v, Armstrong, 340 Alleghany, 3909 Adams, — 651 Beaver, 1425 Bucks, .190 Berk?, liOfO —— Bradford, 221 —— Bedford, . 500 Butler, — :>no CJarion, 7.17 —— Clearfield, .320 Cambria, 155 —. Chester, 781 Centre, 811 Columbia, 1S03 Crawford, ' 2-10 ' ■— . Cumberland, —- 00 Clinton, 109 Dauphin, 070 Delaware, 094 Erie. . 1500 Franklin, —. 767 Fayette, 270 —— ■ (ircen, 003 Huntingdon, —>— 1420 Indiana, goo Jefferson, 130 —— Juniata, 125 ■ — - , Lancaster, . 4230 Lebanon, — 900 Lehigh, 97 ' Luzerne. 1504 . Lycoming, 020 — Mercer, 910 Mitllin, 53 Montgomery, 7G0 1017 McKean, 500 - . Northampton, 1119 —— Northumberland, 1010 . Philadelphia city, $633 Philadelphia county, 3113 Pike, 415 —— Perry, 1033 Potter, 250 Somerset, 1753 Schuylkill, 303 . Susquchanah, 459 —— Tioga, 900 Union, , 1000 Venango, 530 Warren, ffj • « Westmoreland, 1910 . . Wayne, 493 Washington, -— 574 York, 840 . 26.237 25,395 25,395 Van Baron’s maj. 842

died roles. The votes of that Slate were counted on Wednesday, and tt is impossible that the official returns could hare reached Cincinnati

The member* elect to Congrci* stand 7 Democrat* and 12 Whig*, as follows:— 1st. District . N. G, Pendleton, 2d. “ John B. WelCtr* “ Patrick G. Goode, • ” Jeremiah Morrow, 5th. •* William Doan, 6ih. « Calvery Morris,. “ William Russell k Sri*. “ ■ Joseph Ridgway, 9lh. “ William, jledtll, ' 10th. *' Sampson Mason, llth, « R.S, Cowan, 12th. » Joshua Maihiot, 13lh, •* / Jamet\VaVhiwt, llth, ** George Sweney, 13th. ** Sherlock J, Andrews, ICth. , *• Joshua R, Giddings, ' Wilt. ** John HaUingt, 18th. “ Ezra Dean, . 19>h, ■* Samuel Stokcly, * 1 Jiose in ilalict arc Democrat?.

on yesterday.

Awful Bad. —The mail-boat of last night brought, the Whig* news of a most cheering nature. Net? York, Virginia, Maine, and every other State in the Union, except Acts’ Ilamp1 hire, gone for Old Tip. This news threw our devil into most awful spasms.

New Haupshibk.— This State has given be tweeh 8 and 9,000 majority for .Mr. Van Buren which is a noble increase over her former rote.

Cossectictt.—The Federal papers give re. turns from most of tho counties in Connecticut from which they calculate that their majority will be increased to 8,000.

Maryland.—The returns from .Maryland afford no data from which we can calcnlatc the probable result in the State. The increased majorities claimed by the Federal papers arc very trifling.

Presidential Election.

(KrSomc of the Federal papers have already proclaimed Gen. Harrison the President elect—before the result of half the Stales is known. Hut this is nothing, our calculating neighbor of tho Statesman bad him elected before the vote of one Stale was known, Beg pardon, our neighbor made allowance for an unusual quantity of “pipe” to bo “laid.”

The Statesman makes out an estimate, setting down several States for Harrison, wLicit it is extremely doubtful whether he'has obtained the voles of. Ono hundred and forty-eight elector*! votes are required to insure Hie success of Mr. \ an Huron. , W o confidently look (or him to carry.thc following States, which, it will be sccu, are more than sufficient to elect him.'

Kentucky,— \Vo have received but few returns from Kentucky, and in fact none worth publishing that can be relied upon as correct. Kentucky, as well as Indiana, has no doubt given largely increased majorities for Harrison over the vole of ’30. In speaking of tho election, the Louisville Advertiser very aptly remarks:—*‘7 bis Stale belongs to Mr. Clay, who commanded her to bow tho knee to the available candidate'of a Federal coalition, with a free offering of a magnificent majority, Kentucky, of course, has obeyed tho command of her master.”

, I’CECTotut Votes. X*cnnsylvania, ' .*J0 Virginia, 23 Neirhampshire, 7 Missouri, 4 Illinois, 5 ; New York, - 4*2 * Arkansas, . ! Alabama, 7 Michigan, , 2 South Carolina, 11' Maine, ; , 10 Mississippi, : ■ 4 Georgia, ; ||. ■: •• _ - ■ ICO ' Ttfiaiii0B , OiAea if* Ja hai i1.!aL * « « .

• Since the above was in type we received .the Cincinnati Daily Advertiser, which says returns have been received from 59 counties, giving Van Buren a majority of 1,705. The same counties gave Van Buren in I8S6 a majority of 2 k 009, being a loss of 304. In 1836 (ho Van Buren majority was over 6,700, in Virginia. -

Maine.— Tho Legislature of Maine adjourned without electing a U. S. Senator. The election now properly devolves upon the new Legislature, whirl) will convene in January. A Portland correspondent of .the Boston Post, Bays:— “I have seen eomo five and twenty of its mcuimers, on their way home, a!) of whom, without a dissenting voice, declare that the result of the most careful and critical examination of tho voles lately cast, for Governor, shows that Governor Fairfield has a decided majority of all the votes in tho State,”

rcnnsflranin.

Heaides these wo do not think it iirprobaUa tint ho has carried the voles of North CaioJioi end Louisiana, 20 more, bfit u*c loo modal , after being so outrageously crowed over and out* bragged by o\iT tl kalkHatiii£" neighbor of the Statesman, to claim any more than wc feel oh most entirely confident of obtaining.

We arc Elill without any tiling decisive from Pennsylvania, yet our bclitf remains undimtaished that it has gone for Mr, Van Buren by from one 10 2,000 majority. The table wo publish ioday furnishes what wo consider a very moderate estimate of the majority, which cannot bo come at with any certainly umit the official returns

INDIANA* Thofollowiog majorities which wc glean from our exchanges, are all the reinrns wc have been able togather.ihour own Stale. They arc mostly taken from federal papers, and therefore a grain of allowance should be made. We shall add-(ho balance of the counties as wo receive them, and at the same lime cor eel any of these Chat may be /bund erroneous. > ■ : ■ Counties. ' Van Boren. Had'hison. . Bartholomew, 307 Boone,. • . 14 Carroll, ’ , , ; GO . . > , -Cass, ’ *275 . • Clinton, 110 .Crawford, •' 154 Clark, ,180 ‘t Clay, . 120 V . ; ■ Dearborn, ‘ 168 ; Decatur, , 500 ; .'Delaware, ; 3S3 ; Elkhart, . ! 49 : Franklin, • 180 . Floyd,- :• 78 Pulton, ; - 133 Fayette, 300 ’ ; Fouratain, . SCO ■ \ ""--'--'h Henry,. 813 " Hendricks, ■ VV 1 600; - Hancock, ' 184 v ' Hamilton, * 243 ( Harrison, •; " ’• • ,494 • • * Jackson, ; ■ 62 •’ • Johnson,- ' ; -317 : ’ Jefferson, 71 ' ' ■ - , . 718 ' Jennings, .. .. 405 Knox, •• 419• Laports,- • 429 Lake, 1 ‘ ‘ ‘ 15 Lawrence, ' 01 , Madison, '283 . Miami, 85 Marshall, 43 . 1 Morgan, 197 ( Monroe, 228 f Montgomery, 101 Marion, . 357 Owen, 90 Pulaski, 3 ' ( Porter, 36 c Posey. 259 , Parke, 403 Putnam, 628 v Rush, 400 f Ripley, 373 h Switzerland, 194 Scott, 38 Shelby, 48 . Sullivan, 507 St. Joseph, 385 J° Tippecanoe, -321 B Union, 140 n Vanderburgh, 259 Vanderburg, 259 111 Vigo, 928 H Vermillion, 134 Wayne, 1011

arc received. The Federalists here still claim

New Vokk.—The New. York Evening Po-t of tlie til io«|., give* a cheering account of the first day’s poll in Albany, Hudson, i’ccbtkill, Newhurg, Lewis co./Duclicis co., Tivoli, & c ., showing a ebhitiderable ’increase of the Democratic voie end a faljing offin the federal vote. A correspondent fromDucLvsa county, writes to the cd.tor of the N.Y. Evening Post*

the Stale by about 300 majority, upon the authority of a letter said to have been received at Cincinnati from Harrisburgli. The Federal papers of Cincinnati say nothing about this great letter, go much talhed-of hereabouts, but on tho contrary have for a few days past spoken rather disparagingly of tlie result. •. ■ The following extracts from some of ihe eastern papcis, which we find in the Louisville Advertiser, together with the remarks of the editor of that paper, may throw some light on the sub-

Tesnksch.—The Nashville Banner publishes returns from 25 counties, representing the Harrison majority to be 5,490. The majority for Polk in the nrao counties was 1,239. The game paper claims tho State Cor Harrison by Perhaps there has been considerable iog” in Tennessee, as well as some other Slates.

“November 2,

“As you expected, a ihin has just made his appearance at our poll,' and *»ys that Pennsylvania.has gooe,for tbe.U'higa by about' 5fKKt, and- that the.WhtVparty chartered (he ftcainbeat North-America to carry the news to Albany/’.; ... / ■ /.Another corrcspondent writci from Tivoli, same date:': /-/ :/// -■ -

■ The Louisville Advertiser says: “This city during the three days of election was decorated with numerous small flags— such as were carried in the head-stalls of the-bridles of the stage horses that hauled Prince Hal and suite to Nashnttc, Tho Driver crachci Vim whip merrily, and the flag-bearing beasts had logaas directed, or be scored with the lash. The Federalists meant, by hoisting miniature flags, to remind their loafer followers how admirably those beasts performed under the free application of the whip.

ject in legat'd to the design of tho opposition in publishing false retains and claiming Pennsylvania.

Tho Journal of Commerce makes very ingenuous the. way in which the Whig returns arc got up: | i ' j ■

ILLINOIS. Courmns. Harrison. VaxBurex, • Uttccaa, ' ■ 122 Bond, 47 Champaign, 14 Clark, 80 Cooke, 700 Crawford, 99 Cass, 70 Coles,* 430 Edgar, Cl Payette, 200 Fulton, 80 Hancock, 730 Iraqttois, 52 Lawrence, SO La Salic, COO Marshall, 27 Madison, 517 McLean, 100 Menard, 59 Macon, 101 Morgan, 270 Montgomery, 213 McDonald, 50 Macoupin, 225 Peoria, 17 Starke, 32 Scott, 110 Sangamon, 293 St. Clair, ■ 780 Schuyler, 120 Tazewell, 510 Vermillion, 457 Will, 650 Woync, 3U Wabash, 150 4425 3&91 308-1 Harrison’s maj. 441

“Ttm.ateamhoal NewtK America brought, bad news froiu the South—no doubt, manufactured for the purpose, They say 3,000 for Harrison as far.M be*id; but no one believes it.” • Tils accobnU for the exaggerated statements of Pennsylvania having gone for Harrison: they were got up to affect the election in the Empire Slate,

‘•Tho manner in which election, returns are got in, in Pennsylvania, he. by.collecting a few towns in a countyjahd then estimating the rest, forbids the idea of accuracy at first; but tho table becomes mure perfect as it grotVa older, till finally it is what it should be. People are so impatient for returns, that those who cater for the public maw, after using alt practicable expedition in collecting returns are obliged to manufacture them for ibo occasion. At least, they frequently do so. And it is not always easy to distinguish the genuine from the vile.” The foregoing tells bow much reliance is to .be placed on the boasted majorities for Harrison. The National Gazette makes another confession which amounts to a conviction that Mr. Van Buren lias got the Slate; “It may be seen that though the Harrison gain lias thus far exceeded in many counties the best hopes of his friends, yet the increase of Van Buren rotes in others is so great that the result in the whole Slate is rendered doubtful. Wo beg our friends not to hazard money on the final recurns. It is impossible to eay which party lias-triumphed, but the majority either way will be small.'*

Gale ox Lake Huron.— A heavy gale occurred ou the 23th ult, and did consideiable damage to vessel?. The steamboat Missouri, which left Buffalo on tho 20th with 130 tons of merchandise, and 150 passengera, met the gale in Saginaw Bay, during the early pan of which the connections of the boilers gave way, and let off the whole of the steam. The boat ol course became unmanageable, and was drilled more than 75 miles by the hardest blow ever known upon the lake. Ten tons of goods wore thrown overboard to lighten the vessel during the gale.

03" Wo learn, Bays the Louisville Advertiser,

that the Banks of Kentucky have for come time bcon preparing to resume, and that they aro now ready. So it goes. Contraction it no longer required for political effect—next comes another expansion.

Counterfeit,—We learn from the Wheeling Gazette that counterfeit notes on the State Bank of Indiana, of the denomination of$5*e, letter B, of tho branch at Vincennes, and probably eJstv where, signed S. Jlcrrjfl, president, and John Rosa, cashier, dated Indianapolis, Jan. 1, 1839,' hare been pul in circulation in that city.

Tub New Jersey Leoislxtcre convened on Tuesday, 27th ult. Hon. Joseph Porter, of Gloucester, was elected Vice President of Council, Robert 13 Horner re-elected Secretary, and Halsey Canfield re-elected Serjeant-at-arms. In Assembly, John Emley, of Burlington, was elected Speaker; Samuel Prior, of Salem, Clerk; George M. Furman re-appointed door-keeper. Gov. Pennington sent in his message on Wednesday. It is, as might have been expected, a partisan document highly (masoned.

Wc hare received returns from the following' towns in Missouri, Cape Girardeau, V. B. majority, Ilj'Gisconade, V. B. tnaj. 30; Grarois,*V. B. maj. 35; Jefferson township, V. B. roaj. 12S;. Perryrilie, V. B. maj. 50; Pinckney, Harrisoili maj. 43; Portland, V, B. maj. 29;St.GeneTiere,| Harrison maj. 10, ■ • '

Out a postecrirt to the Journal of Commerce of tho 3d inst. gives it up in plain terms:

“There is little doubt of the choice of 30 Van Huron men as Presidential Electors, by a small majority—probably from 1000 to 2000.° This corresponds with our estimate of yestorday.

Such rabid loco f ?Jo» papers as the Vcvay Times, have helped old Tip not a little.

. /Tho New York Evening Post, after a close review of the Whig returns, calcolatea the Van Ruren majority in the whole State, at 4121, and

There ia said to hare been a great rise in the Hudson, at Troy. Part of the state dam has been carried off.*

A rumor was current m Now Orleans on the 23d alt., that tlio ship Rubicon, from Havre, for that port, hid been wrecked, and the lives of a great number of passenger* lost. Not much credit, however, was given to the report.

Webby SiKoutML— A Western editor living way of somewhere in Illinois, says that marriages begin to be brisk always when frost time comes. He makes no attempt to solve tbo mystery. - ' ’

{.Indiana Patriot,

That is more assistance than ten thousand such milk and water sheets as the Patriot could render liftn.

remarks:

•The loea of properly in Boaion within the last two months, by fires, has amounted to between fony and fifty thousand dollars.

“We must again caution bur readers against receiving the returns of the Whig papers. They