In Jessore, and outbreaks and massacres soldiery. He preserved the lives of seveoccurred on every hand. The English ral English women, in order to keep them laid siege before Delhi, towards the end in his harem. Cawnpore was retaken from of May. Lucknow was attacked by the him by General Havelock, who, in several insurgents in immense force; but its little other rencounters with the Hindoo forces, garrison held out bravely, enduring great fighting them most successfully against dangers and privations, until partially re-heavy odds, acquired a high renown. lieved by General Havelock. The place is the presidencies of Bombay and Madras, still surrounded by the mutineers, under and even in the Punjaub, partial outbreaks Nena Sahib, whose name has acquired such were suppressed by the English with exa terrible celebrity in this revolt. Nena terminatory cruelty. They introduced a Sahib hated the Company, because they new punishment hitherto unknown in the had deprived his adopted father of his most ferocious warfare: that of tying the pension. He put himself at the head of a mutineers to the cannon's mouth and party of insurgents, and besieged Cawn-blowing them to pieces. Delhi was 20th, the Sepoys having retired with their arms into the country. pore, a small fortified spot where General stormed on the 12th of September, and Sir Hughes Wheeler gathered together a defended obstinately by the besieged; the small armed force, and all the European English became masters of the city on the women and children from the surrounding country. The English general died of wounds, and the garrison, deprived of The English troops and garrisons showed means of subsistence and defence, surren- everywhere an almost superhuman courdered, on the promise and oath of Nena age and heroism, but likewise a retaliSahib to send them down the Ganges to atory ferocity. Several generals died of Allahabad. But scarcely had the English wounds or of cholera, and the loss of embarked, when a fire was opened upon officers of all ranks is very marked when them from batteries on the shore, and compared to the small number of troops. those who reached the land were sabred As the war is carried on now, it is one of by the cavalry. The massacre at Cawn-extermination. pore, on the 28th of June, is the most The security of England in her Indian bloody episode in the insurrection. Wo- possessions was considerably shaken. The men were violated, as in Delhi and every-government sent all of its available troops, where else, and then slaughtered together amounting to 87,000, from Europe, to with their children. This treachery was quell the disturbances. But hitherto these originally attributed to Nena, but later reinforcements have not been brought accounts would seem to show that he was into action. unable to master the hatred of his unruly' REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN-DECLARATION OF Slavery; that we regard the acts in Kansas of PRINCIPLES.-At a meeting of the Republican members of Congress at Washington, on the 7th Dec., 1857, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: the present and the last National Administrations as a continued series of frauds and outrages, now attempted to be culminated by forcing upon the people of that Territory a Resolved, That we, the Republican members State Constitution framed by persons not of the House, deem this a proper occasion to elected by them, one which was not submitted re-affirm our adherence to the principles an- to them, and is known to he offensive to a great nounced by the Republican National Conven- majority of them, and made in direct violation tion held at Philadelphia in June, 1856, and we even of their own repeated and solemn pledges will continue our opposition to any Adminis- that the people should be permitted to form tration that does not practically enforce those and regulate their own institutions in their own doctrines; that we will resist by all constitu- way. We will resist such outrages upon poputional means the recent attempts of the judicial lar rights, and in doing so invoke the support and executive departments of the Government of the people of the United States, without disto nationalize the sectional institution of tinction of party. Counties. MAINE. GOVERNOR, 1857. PRESIDENT, 1856. Rep. Dem. Rep. Dem. Am. Counties. Androscoggin. 3169 MASSACHUSETTS. GOVERNOR, 1857. PRELIDENT, '56. 1699 186 Barnstable.... 965 502 812... 2667 703 300 3793 Piscataquis.. 1569 1107.... 1734 915 Sagadahoc 1809 1016....2956 934 Somerset.... 3612 2624.... 4283 1926 Waldo 4056 Washington... 2929. GOVERNOR, 1857. PRESIDENT, '56. Rep. Dem. Am. Rep. Dem. Am. Haile. Wells.Scat'ing. Frem't. Buch. Fill. 2134 .....1901 6.... 2062 2220 21 1980 2301 12.... 2185 2511 17 3361 2173 30.... 3910 2269 56 -1085 1342 2.... 1200 1508 4565 4426 18.... 5029 4620 Hillsborough.. 6335 4971 43.... 7081 5326 Merrimac 4636 4508 29.... 4949 4730 43 6379 Rockingham. 4834 45.... 5914 4915 111 Strafford... 3382 2685 14.... 3566 2683 20 Sullivan....... 2134 1979 34.... 2449 2007 28 4787. Total.. ...34758 31363 233 38345 32789 422 Haile over Wells, 3405; Frem't over Buch'n, 6556. THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL stands 4 Rep. to 1 Dem. CONGRESS, 1857. Total... Total...... III. Dean Hovey Holl'y.Ingh'm Fre't. Buch.Fill. Total......6082 5006..6124 5068..9315 6201 406 Maj. for Dean, 1076; do. for Holley, 1056; do. for Fremont, 2708. IV. Ferry.Bishop.Holl'y.Ingh'm.Fre't. Buch.Fil Total......8387 8403..8404 8391.11714 9525 1078 Grand Tot'l.31785 30785 31702.31156 42715.34995 2615 THE SECRETARY OF STATE. Counties. Rep. Dem. Am. Albany 4188.... 3844 7534 Allegany 1707 361.... 3962 1700 Broome. 2812 2219 592.... 2808 2216 NEW YORK. JUDGE OF APPEALS, 1857. PRESIDENT, 1856. Rep. Dem. Am. Rep. Dem. Am. Rep. Dem. Am. Clapp. Tucker. Putnam. Denniston. Church. Benton, Jenkins. Denio, Ketchum. Fremont. Buch'n. Fill'e. 3800 7552 4155.... 3733 7671 4058.... 5016 7751 5301 ...3960 367.... 4003 600.... 2753 1722 298.... 6545 1640 856 Cattaraugus... 3438 2214 Cayuga 2182 1220 290.... 2183 1219 2543 2295 1060.. 4367 778.... 3955 6909 3005.... 3861 709.... 1664 Franklin. 889 1674 1673 852.... 1469 1600 1145 Fulton... 1600 1343 1135 858.... 2306 1126 Total.....177425 195482 66882...178038 195138 67030...175325 196016 64299...276004 195878 124604 Tucker over Clapp, 18,057; Church over Denniston, 17,100; Denio over Jenkins, 20,691; Fremont over Buchanan, 80,126. VOTE ON OTHER STATE OFFICERS.-1857. Canal Commissioner..Ariel S. Thurston, 177,888; John M. Jaycox,.. 194,958; Goldsmith Denniston, 66,328 Engineer & Surv'or..George Geddes,.. 178,152; V. Rens. Richmond 195,284; Roswell Graves, 65,583 State Treasurer.......J. T. Hogeboom,. 178,194; I. V. Vanderpoel.. 195,153; Lyman Odell, 66,737 Attorney General..... Wm. Curtis Noyes. 178,335; Lyman Tremaine,. 195,186; Henry H. Ross,..... 66,519 Prison Inspector.....Thos. Kirkpatrick, 177,718; William C. Rhodes, 195,167; John M. Stevens,.... 66,862 SENATE....Republicans, 15; Democrats, 14; Americans, 2; Ind. Rep., 1. LEGISLATURE. ASSEMBLY..Republicans, 61; Democrats, 58; Americans, 9. JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT were elected this year (1857) as follows: First District-DANIEL P. INGRAHAM for the long term (8 years), and JOSIAH SUTHERLAND for the short term (4 years). Second District-JOHN W. BROWN, long term, and JOHN A. LOTT, short term: all Democrats. Third District-HENRY HOGEBOOM, long term, and WILLIAM B.WRIGHT, short term. Fourth Dist.-PLATT_POTTER ; Fifth Dist.-JOSEPH MULLIN; Sixth Dist.-WILLIAM W. CAMPBELL; Seventh Dist.-THOMAS A. JOHNSON; Eighth Dist.-NOAH DAVIS, jr., long term, and MARTIN GROVER, short term: all Republicans. 53.... 3401 2648 165.... 804 2987 153.... 692 1866 35.... Berks.... Blair Bradford 5642 2082 Bucks 4801 5747 6.... 6938 2314 101.... 5048 6517 Butler 2831 2361 Cambria. 1042 2379 Carbon... Centre Chester.. Clarion.... Clearfield Clinton.... 672 1557 2145 2663 5269 5388 987 2132 725 1459 Columbia Crawford 1083 1464 1144 2410 3514 2576 67 950 604 682 219 45 1579 2439 1010 52 LEGISLATURE. SENATE. Repub'ans.12; Democrats.21. Four amendments to the Constitution of the State were voted upon at this election, all of which were adopted by very large majorities The first prohibits the Legislature from contracting any debt beyond $750,000, except to repel Invasion or sup press Insurrection; and also prohibits the lending of the State's credit to any individual or corporation. The second prohibits the Legislature from dividing counties without the assent of the voters of such counties. The third provides for the apportionment of representatives throughout the State, and the division of the city of Philadelphia into Senatorial and Representative districts. The fourth gives power to the Legislature to annul charters of incorporation when deemed injurious to citizens' rights. MARYLAND. CONGRESS. 968 465 390 2895 1952 424.... 5308 6333 1448 23.... 788 2760 235.... 718 1978 18.... 618 1485 30.... 1239 2889 0.... 5360 3391 58.... 1472 3427 600.... 1615 3094 609.... 1590 2005 3.... 275 575 143. 5156 2584 80.... 2089 3554 1174 0.... New County. 91.... 2446 3469 1233 9.... 142 970 566 8.... 1321 2747 286 Huntingdon.. 1678 1749 248.... 926 2164 1645 Indiana... 2650 1437 0.... 3612 1762 263 1125 1268 54.... 1063 1463 615 1035 1108 20. 480 1365 747 Ricaud. McHenry. Hicks. Groome. Fill. Buch. 7690 6486 1236.. 6608 8731 4592 Balt.Co.(part) 1646 1661... 3062 3106... 3504 3155 1992 993 50. 3065 1220 96 Carroll...... 2416 2167... 2315 182.... 2414 2511 437 Cecil.... 1874 1861... 1865 9.... 3237 4426 122 Harford... 1894 1523... 1945 3536 5268 214.... 4850 6791 868 Kent........ 871 723... 794 1684 2824 347.... 934 3324 1770 Gov., 1857. PRES. '56. Districts. Am. Dem. Am. Dem. Am. Dem. I. Towns'd. Stewart. Hicks. Groome. Fill, Buch. 289 Caroline.... 729 739... 757 711... 638 743 Dorchester.. 1127 1117... 1303 Qu'n Anne's 837 Somerset... 1414 Talbot 700 Worcester... 1356 Fulton ... Montgomery 2608 5448 1386.... 2845 7134 Somerset... 2277 1741 Snyder... 989 Susquehanna 3224 2419 Sullivan..... 265 494 Tioga.... 3284 1193 1275 971 Union Washington. 3614 3752 ... Wyoming 995 1226 Total....146136 188887 28132.. 147963 230772 82202 Packer over Wilmot, 42751; over all, 14619; Buchanan over Fremont, 82809; over all, 607. CANAL COMMISSIONER, 1857. Republicans. JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT, 1857. Total...... 8701 7935... 9981 9557...10641 9054 Ricaud's maj., 766; Hicks' do., 424; Fill. do., 1587. III. Harris, Wythe. Hicks. Groome. Fill. Buch. Balt. Cy.(part) 7306 4075...17850 8211...16900 9882 Balt. Co. do. 1455 1380... In First District. Total...... 8761 5455...17850 8211...16900 9882 Harris' maj., 3306; Hicks' do., 9639; Fill. do. 7018. IV. Davis. Brooks. Hicks. Groome. Fill, Buch. Balt.Cy.(part) 10515 3979... In First District. Davis' majority, 6536. |