Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-18
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tins rEEnAriyaNIh, IFDiiHA AND OHIO RhkC~
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Iae Now lrtk .iiu.es" has The following III
:eslio:. 70 ths ;i.sta elections of last Tues-
day
The sitc'ions yesterday in Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana, resulted in GLORIOUS trl'
uInpns Tor tbs Union cause. III Pennsyl-
vania. the majority will he fully equal to thEt
Of i.at year, to which will be added tue SOL
d!sr's vote. bringing i. up to thlfty'hvs
Thousand, at loast. We also gain live mem.
bara II Congress-, making tho delegation stand
ssyonsNsn Urion and seven Copperbeads. In
Oh;a. :i,e majority on the home vote ID e'tl-
Ina'1a ut forty thousand in the State. end the
ce''g1rs:i"n.l delegation will probably stand
s!a Lean Union 10 thrae UopptrEea ID, instead
ul five 10 fourteen Copporhssds, as now. liz
'iiaua gloriously redeemed heraelt, elec:iog
Governor Morton by over twenty thousand
majority, ard gait;p at least two Union mem
b4iB If Congress, making the delegation
stand six Ulon 70 i've Cupperheuds, instead Of
four to ssvsn, as now. Glory enough Tor ole
day! All hail, gallant trio Of Free States
THE ELEcTIoNs VICTORY.
Under this heading, the Times" has the
following:
Tue great States of Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indians, yesterday, gavs their I1pnlar verdict
in fnvor If tbs Union, ito prosecution Of the
war against rebellion to it's successful conolu>
sion, and in favor Of the present adminissr"-
ton Of the Government.
The vertlct in Mi tbese States, as will De
ssen from our returns, ia emphatic, even on
tho homo vote in Pennsylvania, 70 wh:ch thou
SENDS, if not tens Of thousands. vii! be added
hg the gallant soldiers Of the proud old Conn
mOnWsal;h now in tho tsId.
Ia Ohio the soldiers vote will not be need
cd to swell her triunp plant majority to fifty or
sixty thousand, though it may servo to sweep
the lat yestire Of Peace Democracy from her
Congressional delegation. Tho city Of Gin
cinnati, thu homa IF George IL Psndleton,
tho peace colleague Of General Mcclellan On
the Domocraiio ticket, has done nobly.
The gaiiantvolunteer State OF Indiana, where
Dem 1cratio Legislature has not permitted
her soldiers to vote, the great civil victory Of
Y'a:arday liz truly Astounding ut nncs III
ai;.iny 10 tho Union hearts Of the Norto,
whore, we confess, s9nls iruht WAS felt OF tbs
re- election of Gov. Morton, snd crushing 70
tho last hope If the Peace Democracy in the
Northwest.
WAX NEWS.
There IL little war news in the Yankee pa
psrs, everything hs;ng made b s:4a way to tue
elsstiou. The "rines" gives tho following
briel sumnury Of war nsw5:
The election returns las! evening occupied
tho telegraph to the exclusion OF all other neSs;
AMI tile only intelligence from our armies Is
that received during the afternoon. From the
West we learn that the robel demonstration
in Jefferson City on the It'll, was merely to 90
oupy attention, willis the m;sn Body OF the
enemy crossed the Usage river. After ieel-
ing our lJrtiGcstinns, and finding :hem strong,
,hey passed Westward during the night
They are said 20 be 20, hQ0 strong, with about
si1:ton cannon. General Ple8ssnton arrived
OH tho 9;h, and assumed commsnd, and loi-
lowed tbs rebels tho same day at the head OF
about eight thousand cavalry, at last &C
rouuts no was akirmishiug with tho tnonys
rsHr guard.
TlIers IL 10 intelligence from other points OF
the theatre of war.
sIlEgM.x's REPORT OF. TIE ATLANTA CAM
pAIGN.
Tho Times contains the following tia
graphic despatch from Washington:
General shermnn's official report of the Atlanta
campaign is published in the official Army sEd-
Navy GRzs ella, of this week. It ia dated Sap
TENDER Is, and fills twenty co.rn<s or that Paper
He o5timstaa the enemy's strength to have been
betwesn forty Il va thous and ind ftJ thousand i'll
fnntry Gni artillery End ten thousand csvalry.-
General Sherman says ha maintained about the
same strength during the campaign; the number
of men lining from Through and hospitals abou.
concentrating for the loss ia BATH and from
sickness.
The report is composed in General Sherman
tersa and rfanchnnl style and forms II most in,e-
resting hisory Of perhaps the most bri liant AMI
complete campaign OF the war. He terminates
h- recital with the following deserved tribute 10
his subordinate commanders:
MY three armies 10 tho field wers commanded
by sbls officers, my equals in rank and expert
ence-Major Generals George II. ThomRs, j. NJ
Schoii.,l, O q Howard. With such command.
ers had orly 10 Indicate the ohjsc. desired and
they accomplished it. | cannot over-est:mge
their services Ia the country; and must express
my deep and heartfelt thanks that, coming toge-
thor from different fields. with different intsles's
they have co-opsrsted with 4 harmony that has
been productive Of the greatest amount Of SUCCESS
and g,,ni feeling a mcra harmonious army does
not exist
GOLD.
Tha Times qu6tes gold on The lth 81
opening 1T 200 and closing at 205!.