Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-17

elected By Is 900 lSsjority,
SIX Union members Of Congress arc certainly elected.
IEDIAHARoLIs, 0c,. l2.-Rsturns from thrtyone
counties, partially eca chow en- aggregate Union ma
jorisy Of 0S 600, net Union gain Of 10000 over the
vote Of 1852 which gave Democratic M jority In the
State Of over 200.
From present indications Congress stands eight Union,
| two Democrats, with Voorhees, strict doubtful.
Indianapolis official Union majority, 625.
TIE LATEST.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Oct l2-Forty.6ve counties give Q
Union maj ay of over 20 600. The counties yet to DO
heard from will increase the majority probably 5000
There il email Union msjority In boh branches OF the
Legislature. Congress s all Union except the Second,
First and Ssvs nth Districts. The two latter are claimed
| by both parties.
OHIO ILloFIoN.
The suboned despatch Is the latest contained In the
Philadelphia hqSirsr from Ohio:
OmoIHxArI, OoL l2-Ohio has elected sixteen Union
| members of Congress, aud probably seventeen The
whole number of Ger CoDgressmen ia only nineteen.
Tne Ohio delegation in the present Congress stands
fourteen Democrats to five RspublicanR.
The Blades returns give A. Y. Rice, Democrat for
Congress, 700 msjority Chas N. Ashley, Republic
/ can, in the lone vote OF the Tenth district.
MARYLAND ELEcuoN.
The following is special despatch to the Inquirer
The vote 10 upon the new Yankee constitution and local
officers:
BALTIMORE, Dot. l2.-Tbe election to- day passed Of
quietly. The whole vote Of the city was IA 4lS.
Chapman the regular Union Candidate Tor the Mayor
atty, beats Stirring, Independent $50 sory, carry
| ing every ward throughout the oty.
All the regular Union Councilman are elected BY
| AIge msjoritiee. -
76O Whion Is 10 believed secures its ratification.
some Counties in which the vote for tao days, will
no! vote 20 well. Some OF them viii give large msjor-
ties the other way but not enough 70 seriously snasn-
gpr the success or ratification Of the Constitution
Great rejoicing over the Union victories here and
elsewhere
| After having devoted thus much to the election ex
oltensn. 81 the Herh, in which really We have 10 mers
interest than In strike Of Bsunsssk or sbeeburJhfss
operatives, We row turn cur attention TO
ARMY NoYKxEErs.
Toe excitement over their ele0uSn 10 90 intense that
the Yankees have forgotten fer the hour their Idol the
war feDd, and GSide from recent news from Price and
Forrest, there 10 no army movement Of importance
worth mentioning.
sTAKIoH BULLrIHlZis.
The following il the latest bu etln from the chief
cook Of the Yankee War Department.:
WASHINGTON, Oct. IL 40 p. M.-hsjor General D I,
Nav YOrk: Dispatches nave been received to-day
rom General Crsn General Sherman and Gsneia
sheridan, but no military movements since my last TEL
eSiam are reported
The following dstsiIs Of the cavalry engagement last
Sunday are furnished By General Sac idan:
81 have no sign OF the enemy since the brilliant
engagement OF the On instant. /. MAS o square
airy hgnt, in which The enemy was routed beyoni my
power TO describe He lost verytnng carried on
Wheels except piece OF artillery and when ast seen
It Was passing Raaes' Hi, Near New Market Oh
the keen tWenysx miles from the battlefield, 10
Gticn point tie pursuit was kepIup. The ba.terynsn,
hnr.a M ip
god condition. ana were all exchanged by our cavalry
men Tor tier broken down Gn.nAls.
The Casualties on the wi not exceed sx,y men.
The ole hundred men OF lhs Esdsh Ono, dispersed
while guAralng bridge the Shenandoah, have
O. M IN, ,x0pt the 0ucers.'
L. NJ. STANTON, secy Of War.
YAkKIE ACCOUNT OF yoRRIsrs EXPLOIT AT EAsr
POINT.
The following Is the Yankee version Of the late ex-
plot OF neral Forrest reported in his official account
to Gen. Taylor and published by lAst week. l. will
be seen that the damage inf cited upon the ensmy wa,
even greater than Gen. Forrest repo,tsit:
NASHVILLE OCT. l2-COlonel Hosg, of washburne's
command with thirteen hundred infantry and bat ery
# four guns board of three Transports conveyed
by two gul.boAts, at three o'clock P. NJ on the IOh
inst, met the enemy ulder General Forres: command
ing in person. at East Point, with two batteries, and
VAS repulsed, with loss Of twenty killed. and twenty
elk wounded and missing.
All the guns OF the battery were lost and two of The
traIspor disabled. Two cassions turned by the
explosion Of Forests thells.
Forres. ia supposed to have crossed the river.
Colonel Hodge, with The balance of his force had
reached J JhDsonVlle River.
Taere eight feet OF water the shoals and the riv.
or Is falling.
CLAAEsvILLE Tenn, Oct. 2-Leue1ant- Colonel
Weaver wi ninety coored sold rs wes attacked yes.
teIday morning. five miles below Fort Nelsou by two
hundred Rebel, under Lieutenant Colonel Lowry
Toe Retes whipped, with the loes of Lieutenant.
Colonel Lowry aud Captain GITdy killed and twenty
men killed. Tee Federal loss one Lieutenant AID
tlrte men killed.
FROM NIEoUBI.
The following Is the Latest concerning Gen. Prices
movements:
ST. LOUIS, Oct. l2.-Tbe Rebel, DESTROYED the L..
none rioge tho Pacific Rlilroad, ono hundred and
seventy FIVE miles from here. Price is still reported in
the vcniy of Bonneville. with General S.nborn bar
raising his rear and hlnks.
DEArH OF CHIEF JUSTICE TAxlY
The PHILADELPHIA Inquirer Of the 18Th contains the
following Warrington telegram:
Chief Justice fancy died here to night at II O'Clock
after few days ilHess. '
CNE DAY LATER FROM NEW YORK.
From the Philadelphia papers received, We get news
from New York to the evening of the l2h, being one
day later:
WHAT IHTY SAT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA rLIcr1oS.
TIE New York correspondent; of tie Inquirer writes
as follows with regard to the ,c of the PENNSYLVANIA
election in New York:
Though the returns from yrur Slate up to ha writing
are locked upon pretty much Of "muddle We. our
U lol friends arc well satisfied with the general com.
ple1ion Of the situation So we'll satisfied indeed vbe,
Ohio and dana kept in view that the Presidential
election is considered virtually settled have been a,
bout good deal in the course of the day among DO h
pocI part'es and have yet to see the frst intei.
gen. who scs to anticipate on the basis Of these
October elections, any other r-su't.