The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-05
THE TENNEssEE ELECTION.

Large MRIOrItIes for the Radical Con-
-Eressmen.-LThe Whole Ticket Elect
ed--.East Tennessee Strong for
BrOwnIOw----IndIE OF the
"ConAeryatiVea- and their, Attempts
TO RetRIiate on tho Freedmen.
!SDecial DiSpdtch 10 UIe Cincinnati G0sstte.
NASHVILLE, August 2.
Q Election news come in slowly. The
Radical Inaiorityiu Williamson isl wv.
Chattanooga gives Stokes 100 majority;
Robertson and Stewart, tooi give small
Conservative majorities;
The State Senate will be, SO lar as
known, unanimously Radical, and the
House Overwhelmingly. 80,
The Congressional majorities Will
stand as nearly as can be estimated by
present returns, as follows: lst Dis
trict-Butler, Radical, over Williams,
Conservative, 5000. "a District-May-
tive. 900. Sd District-Stokes, Radi-
cal, over Fleming, Conservative, 1000.
4th District-Mullins, Radical, over
Cooper, Conservative, 1900. 9th Dis
trict-Trimble, Radical, over Britton,
Conservative, 5000. 9th District-Ar-
nell, Radical, over Thomas, Conserva-
tive, 1000. 9TH District-Hawkins,
Radical, over Caldwell, Conservative,
5000. 9Th District-Nunn, Radical,
over Leftwich, Conservative, 900.
Mason, the independent candidate In
the Fifth District. was pretty generally
dropped. --..s-....
except Hamilton, give Brownlow lS'OoO
majority.
The Conservatives admit that the re-
naming counties will siucrease the ma
iiority to % 600. So far az heard from,
The entire Legislature ticket is elected.
The Radical majority in Given county
is 739.
there is scarcely a colored voter or dis
franchised citizen, the Radical majority
is about the same as the Union majority
in 1861.
great celebration, torchlight procession
and illumination, tomorrow evening.
BrownIow, Maynard and others Will
speak. 49, .t % b. - ~ p
Etheridge Is cursing East Tennessee.
ANOTHER DISPATCH.
Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.
gsL NASHVILLE, August 2.
The rebels In this city are carrying
out their threats of prescription against
the colored people, made prior to the
election. Seventy coloreds men who
voted the Radical ticket, yesterday,
have been discharged for that reason
alone. The names of the men engaged
in this work of prescription have bee n
reported to Major General Carlin, and
they will be given to the public. Among
the number will be found II. L. Nor
veil, United States Revenue Collector.
and Captain Driver, late Conservative
candidate for the Legislature. IL
General Carlin of the Bureau appre-
hensive that there will be concert OF
action throughout Middle and West
Tennessee, has issued the following
circular:
Many colored men having been dis
charged from employment yesterday
and to-day in consequence OF voting
INDEPENDENTLY, you are directed to use
effort TO find employm for these men,
and to compel an immediate settlement
with their former employers. The
record which you were required 70
make out in Circular 8, dated June 70
will be forwarded to this Office as soon
as completed.
TSiuned1 -...r Up. CARLIS, sr
Assistant Commissioner.
q 1t is correctly reported that over two
hundred hands were discharged yes
terday by the Nashville & Northwestern
Railroad for voting for Brownlow, but
through the expostulRtion OF General
Jones, the Infamous order was re-
tracted. s..Lt III .ttfFl
These acts ofproscription have occa-
stoned deep feelings of sorrow and In
dignation among the colored citizens,
and will intensity their devotion 10