The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-10-24
TELEGRAPHIC,
HerthePh News,

WAsHiHofoN, October i5.-Tbere afs
OHIO hundred aud thirty military and many
Treasury officers here and elsewhere, await.
ing the subsdence Of fever, to proceed TO
duty In the Fifth Military District.
Resolutions have been introduced into
the Tennessee Legislature, fsvoring Gen.
Grants nomination. and aloo requesting
the abolition Of the cotton tar.
The Democrats gain three State Sens-
tors in Iowa and ten thousand votss..->
The Republican majority Is twenty ihour
sand. = r : q .. .'..'.
There will be no Cabinet changes uulees
the Secretaries resign peremptori,y, which
is improbable until after new election.
A dispatch from Harrisburg says that
Sharswood's majority is IA. The Ro.
publicans have fifteen majority on joint
ballot
General Bsauregard had an interview
With General Grant to day. Gensfais
Ord and Pope are esPsctsd here to.Dor.
row.
In considering the question regarding
Southern railroads, General Grant express.
cd himself to the effect that they have
been managed with great energy, and
that the inability 10 pay the Indebtedness
to the Government arises from causes DO.
yond the control OF managers. He fa,ors
an extension Of time in all cases.
The Herald contains the following an.
alysis Of the Ohio elections: Al tho cleo.
ton Of Congressmen 10 Ohio last year the
Republicans carried sixteen out Of tho
nine.esn districts in the State. The De.
mocrats elected their candidates in the
9th, 18th and 18th Districts; the latter
by a majority Of 27l. which Columbus
De'ano, the defeated candidate. is nov
coutestiug. At the election on the 9Th
instant the Democratic carried twelve ou,
OF the nineteen districts, and came within
100 OF carrying two or three others. In
the two districts carried BY them last year
and not contested, their majori,ies 10.
creased from 1852 to 5264 in the 9Th dis.
trict, and from 32lO to eOo2 in the 18th
district, while in the 18th. which is being
contested, the Democratic majority in.
creased from 27l to ls49.
To every Republican district the major.
tiles are cut down immensely. In the
seventh district. which gave Samuel Shs,.
la5erger 2lfl majority last year, tho
Radicals escaped with bare 05 msjottv
at the recent election: while IN the eighth
district the majority was reduced from
1852 to 1862. In the second district ,se
Radical candidate Was defeated by nearly
1000 votes. General Carey. bis success
ful opponent, although personally IN favor
OF negro suffrage. is opposed to forcing Il
upon any State, and pledged himself 70
the democracy to oppose any measures
looking to the paasags Of the bill by Con.
gress enfranchising the blacks either in
the North or South he may. therefore.
be regarded As an opponent Of the Con.
gressional policy Of reconstruction. The
most significant feature sbout these dis.
tricts is the revolution in the tenth, which
district 10 represented by J. NJ. Ashby,
member OF Congress. who brought in ar,
.iciss OF impeachment sgsinst the Presi.
dent. A will be ssen. the Republican
loss is 20+l. giving the Democrats q ma.
jority Of 1874 in the district. ..
! WASHINGTON. October l8.-Col. Gil.
bert. who is implicated 10 destroying an
Arkan,ss printing Office. has been 6ned
$4,000. and reduced to a Captain, taking
rank at the foot Of the list.
The New York Times concludes an ed.
itorial thus: "Isut We are inclined 10
think that tho Northern States will mos
surrender their own rights quite 40 com.
placenAy as they have consented TO the
overthrow OF thess Of the South"
The House committee TO inquire into
Southsrn Railroads aud to arrive st an
equitable adjustment Of their liabilities to
the Government, consisting OF the Hons.
J. w. McClunV. Ulysses Mercer. r. Saw.
yer and Gen. Whashusns lsit Washing.
ton on their way aoush. They will 70.
main . fs- days in Richmond whence
they will proceed via Lynehburg aud
Knoxville 70 Atlanta, Chattanooga and
Nashville, or they may 20 via Charlsstou
and Savannah 70 Atlanta. ..