Hsissouri--TIie Legislature.
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The following from the st. Louis Ne1 Era OF
Legislature than we have had before. Unless
there is some pretty strong whipping in we don't
know but Benton will be thrown overheard after
although we don't much believe it.


Missouri LEGISLATURE The next Lcgslc-
ture will be more equally divided than has ever
before been the case in Missouri. In the Senate
there are nine full.blooded Whigs,-one from
New Madrid, two from St. Louis, one from
;i2oper, one from Lafayette, one rom Boone one
i,1m Galloway, one from Marion, and one from
Monroe. Gov. Boggs, the Senator from Jack
son, is decidedly hostile 10 Benton and his clique,
aud may be relied on ms an Independent. All
tie other Senators arc Loco. Foco, but several of
them have heretofore been opposed to the dUmi-
naut Bontonian Clique, but whether they will
have the nerve 10 maintain their own opinions
and act Independently or quietly give IN their ad
hcsion TO the Bcntonians, remains to be tried
There is "a very large Loco Foco majority in the
Senate, and there is also Benton majority,
but how large it will be, depends on the course OF
those Senators who have heretofore acted with
independence. If they all adhere TO the indcpen-
dent grounds formerly occupied by them, the
Benton majority in the Senate will be small. In
the House Of representatives there appear to
have been elected 40 true Wings. There is
ruinor that StoGdard county has elected Whig
ii SO, it will make 46 Wings. In Lewis county
there is 4 tie, aad new election will be awarded,
Ii 4 Wing shall be elected from that county, as
we confidently expect, the result would be that
;hc Wings may have a members in The lower
house. This would leave 10 the Loco Focos
meority of six in that body. The question then
remains to be determined what number of soft or
independent members have been elected. The
Independents claim TO have elected anti Benton
me2bers in Scott, Shannon, Ste. Genevieve,
Marion, Van Buycn, Clinton, and in some other
counties. but whether they are to be relied on as
such, or what number they can raise, we are not
informed. 1t is certain that the Wings are in
minority in the Legislature; but whether there is
an Anti Benton majority not is not SO certain.
Al! the powers OF party discipline will be freely
used 10 induce or compel all the Loco-F Foco men,
beas 10 work III the party traces, and we do not
know wha. degree of tirmness we may calculate
on in the Independent ranks. Ii Benton shall
be reelected, it will probably be by much smaller
r,iainritv than any former ok