From the Richmond Whig. mSOLD TO THE DUTCH.o

"We haoe met the Enemy and-wE ARE THEIRS"

 TAnecdote of the Petersburg Election.
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 "We ha0e met the Enemy, dad-wE TBEIRs,'

 Anecdote of the Petersburg Election.

 We confess that the results of the fourth .Monday have settled the question, as it re- lates to the character of the next Legisla- ture of Virginia. Enough is already known to establish the fact that in that body there will be strong Administration, and accor- ding to present appearances, decided Vaa Batren majority. This last circumstance was to us wholly incredible, until inc defeat of Curtis in Hanover, HeaIy i'll Middlesex, Pollard in King William, Rufin in Surry, Shell and Wilkes in Brunswick, Cabel in Nelson, (a result anticipated by neither party,) announced in rapid succession, left us no room 10 doubt that such aOaS the aUiH of tue People,

 As far as we and the present contest are concerned, we for ourselves, strike the flag, which until this moment we believed would wave in eventual triumph.