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CLpS,. Illinois. June s. Isl
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An election comes off IN this State on the hfst
Monday of August next, for Representatives to
CONGRESS Members ofthc Legislature, Sherii, and
Countv Commissioners The election will bcGuite
An animated one but the luIl vote will not be out
mill the Presidential Election. The Congrss>on-
Al canvass can hardly be said to DC as yet iaiFy
open. In the first District now represented by
Robsrt Smith there has no; been any caucus
nomination made, but Ex. Gov. Reynolds, an TX
N. C. has been on the stump io7 three months
rs an independent Loco Foco candidate lhe
:. rcaul.rs'' are determined he shall not go, and
tbey viii bring out Caucus candidate against
him. and if they get into quarrel 1t would not
ho STRANGE if = rood Wing should be elected. In
the second District. John 4. McCleriand, (Lo-
on \ the present incumbent, will be reelected
He will probably have no opposition. In the
third District. O. B. Ficklia, tL"co) now mem
ber. has been nominated to- reelection by pack.
cd Convention, and Wickiife htchcH, Esq. OF
the same politics has taken the stump against
him. The Wings in that District have not yet
nominated their candidate There has been no
Convention on either side in The fourth District
which has the distinguished honor of beng rep
resented by Long John VI entwoE'h. suppose
Long John will be nominated and reelected:


judge DouGLAss, the present Loco incumbent,
has been nominated for reelection Iii tic fih us
trct, and he will be opposed and defeated by the
Hon. o. H. BRowNING, a gallant Wing, and an
able and popular man. josErn ?. lloGE mas
been nominated for reelection by the Locos OF
the With District, where the Wings have brought
out MARTIN P. SWEET, Esq. who is now canvass
ing the District with great spirit. This is the
Mormon District, and Joe Smith, holds the bal
ance of power. The result depends upon Joe'S
''politcal revelations" -.


Gen. JOHN j. HARDIN of the With District
and the only Wing Member III the present Con
gress, but full match for the whole SIX Locos
has declined reelection, and EDWARD D: BA-
KgR, ESQ., Wing, has been nominated TO NIL ms
place. lie will OF course be elected, Trough
believe the other party has pat up man by the
name OF Cclhoun to be defeated Dy hln


The season here thus lar has been wet, and the
Mississippi and Fever Rivers have been higher
than for many years. The miners have been a
GOOD dea! cbstructcd in their operations by the
surface water, but still they arc raising large
amounts of mineral. Yours, &c.