The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-10-12
The Elections.
Democratic gains Everywhere.

The Republican majorities Of 1864 and
1866 have been very much reduced in Penn
sylvania, Ohio, and Indiana In every pre-
einot, city, and town in Pennsylvania the
Democrats have reduced the Radical majority
last year of %, 900 to less than 100000 clear
gain of IL, 900 votes The Republicans have
| lost several members of the Legislature but
radical U. S. Senator will be elected to sue
coed Mr.. Cowan. The opinion is that the
Democrats have gained Henry P Ross in the
Fifth District
| Ohio has cast her vote for the Republican,
the majority of 1894 has been reduced. The
Republicans claim auckland in the Ninth Dis
trict, which is pronounced by Democratic
authority as doubtful In the district the
Democrats have gained over the vote of 1864.
Morgan in the 18th District is elected over
| Delane.
The returns from Indiana are not sufflci-
emily full to state the result with positive
ness.
Ia Iowa the Democrats have held their
own, which was doing we'll.
The Heralds bosh about the change of
public opinion in favor of Congress and
against the policy Of the President is all q
hamburg" The returns show change the
u.
The official returns will show in all the States
large Democratic gains. A larger vote has been
polled than the Presidential election of 1854
All the changes are to the conservative side.
In Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Indianols,
the great centre Of intelligence and popula-
ton, where men think, the greatest gains
have been made for conservatism. 1t is in
the rural districts, where the status have been
unchanged The rural districts were the
last to receive christianity, when it was origi-
ually preached
In indianapolis the Republican majorities
have been reduced more than Eve thousand.
| The gain in Cincinnati is also encouraging
Baltimore, Oct 20.-Mr Chapman, Re-
publican, for Mayor, has 2,840 majority. The
entire Republican City Council ticket was
elected. The vote was very light, aud con-
trolled by the original registration list.
AsH1NaToN, Oct. 10. Vice Consul
General Savage, under date Of Havana, Sep
| TENDER 9th, informs Secretary Seward that
the royal order of the 22d of August, suspend
! ing for the period of six months the payment
of duties upon exports from the Island of Cuba
was published for the first time by order OF
His Excellency the Governor General, in the
official Gazette of Havana Of the 25th ult.,
from and after which time the decree takes
effect. i2
Abduction of Free Omen.
Vice Consul Gen. Savage, at Havana write.
| further concerning the rumored abduction of
| freedmen from the Southern coast of the
United States He states that some two
months ago he received confidential reports that
lot of negroes on cay near Bahia Honda,
speaking English, had been offered planter
for 20 and % ounces of gold per. head, and
supposing that they might be from the United
States, and were to be reduced to slavery again
Notwithstanding the improbability of such q
scheme,) he took steps to investigate the
matter fully. The agents employed by him,
however, report that latter a long and careful
search amongst keys as far as the Alacranes,
| they could not ascertain anything corrohora-
| tive Of the report respecting negroes from the
United States having been landed in those
ports within the last two or three months.
They did, however, learn of hermaphrodite
brig of suspicious character having been off
the KEYS for two days, some weeks since.
They also found on the Key Yues De Soto a
large caudron and other objects, which evil
IDENTIFY indicated that they had been used by
savers, but from their rusty state it was
evident that they had been for long time on
the keys"
THE CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATEs.-A
stastaical table, exhibiting the rates of in
crease Of the population of the United States
since 1860, Washington. nm 1860 the popu-
ation of the United States was 81 ,44S, 1921,
and it is calculated that at the present time
it is fully 35,500,000.
RUMoREp SALE OF "KENTUCKY."-It is ru-
mored that Leonard w. Jerome. Esq, has
just purchased the famous race-horse Ken
lucky, for the sum of $40 900 The horse
it is believed, will be withdrawn from the
turf, and kspt'for the private use Of his new
owna.-[N.Y. Express. ,l5f. ss
Boston, Oct. lO.-Mr. Hooper has been
nominated for Congress. The Workingmen
have nominated the Hon. Josiah g. Abbott in
the Fourth District,