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William (. Riyes, (ourlate Minister to France) has been elected Senator of the United States from the State of Virginia. to fill the vacancy in that body occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Tazewell. The Richmond Whig of Monday furnishes thc following parlicu- iars Of that election:

 "WiIliamC. Rivcs, Esq, of AIbernarlc, was ihis day elected Senator of the Uni ted States in place of Mir. Tagewell, without opposition, Until tais morn ing, 1t was understood that Mir. Ran dolph would also have been nominated; :; but his friends declined to bring him for- ward.

 ss.i debate arose on a motion of Mir. iVitcher to postpone the election until Thursday, in which Mir. Rives' Tariff opinions were inquired into by that gen tlemane They were vogched by Mir. Gilmer to be orthodox, and letter from Mir, Rives was read by Mai. Yancey, in which he profcssed himself Anti Tariff, Anti Modification, Anti Bank, and tl,o- rough in his support of Gen. Jackson. Impressive allusions to the agitated state of the South, were made by Messrs. Moore, Gilmer, and Witcher.