The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-16

OF: .I'zIIE; WEEK.
The October Elections,
TRENCNOayS DIEEIT
or THE
.IMI. MI.0f3DSTeesssnT7T, G G. .TI.,S5
f'I1NNSIlFGNiA CARRIED
BY TIE
DGIlO CRACX,
Great Democratic Gains III Chic.
INDIANA ana IOWA.

On Tuesday, October 8, elections
were held i'll Pennsylvania, Ohio.
Iow' and indiana. The Democrats
have carried Pennsylvania hy ma
jority of seven thousand, and swcpt
the city Of Philadelphia so thorough
ly, that there seems to be nothing icr,
Q: Mongrclism. Judge George Shars-
wood Is, therefore, elected to The Su-
prcmc Court, over his Mongro com
p1titor. In Ohio they have defeated
the proposed amendment to the State
Constitution, extending the elective
franchise to negroes, and possibly have
have lcctcd thcir State ticket. Prom
Indiana and Iowa very mcaerc re-
reports reach us, hut they are echoes
of the good ncws from Pennsylvania
and Ohio At the election for Cover
nor in Pennsylvania last year, the
vote stood thus
Ciymcr (Dcm.) m.)...,........ 800, COG
Gcary (Mong.) 1874
Alongrcl majority. ..--.... .l7,l7S
The Democrats, therefore, have
wiEod out H. Mongrcl majority OF
1866, and substituted Il Democratic
majority of about S,O00--a gain OF
about 25,0O0 votes
PENNSYLVANIA.
The election in Philadelphia passed
off very quietly. Nearly fnll vote has
been polcd. The early returns all show
a Democratic gain averaging about two
hundred per ward Tie Headquarters
oi'lhc Democratic State Committee pre-
scnled lively scene; an immense crowd
gathered there, and the widest cnthn-
slasm existed. The Loyal League
rooms presented, on the other hand a
dolclul appearance and the. Lcagucrs
were unable TO get up any excitement.
The reported Democratic gains in fifteen
OF out OF twenty eight wards is (our
thonsand: Torch light professions pa.
raded all the principal streets. The
Democrats have elected their entire ci,v
ticket by majorities ranging from 1000
to 5000.
The returns from tho interior nj con-
tInue to SHOW Democratic gain. Doyles.
town township gives Slarswood lG
majority, a Democratic gain oflG. The
town of Huntingdon, Blair County,
gives Democratic gain of 80. vii.
Transport, .Iycoming County, in six
wards, gives Democratic majority OF
10, a gain ofl20. Allentown. Lchiph
County, gives l25 Democratic majority,
a gain Of 9S. Seven districts in West.
morcland County give Democratic
gain of3G. The returns from thirteen
counties, including Philadelphia, show a
Democratic gair Of over $4,000 over the
vote OF last year. This leaves only
about 5000 Mongrcl majority to over.
come m liity coulIlies yet to be- heard
from, it is sa(o to put The State down as
Dcmocratic. Committee claim tho
State by from 5000 to $4,000 MAORI.
iy.
THE LATEST.
Further returns show Democratic
gains in Lchlgh Of 1000; Cleariea.
400; Centre, 700; Carbon, 1000 ;
Lycoming, 500, and Mongrcl najort,cs
N Chester 100; Delaware, 100
Blair, 800; Allegheny, G,OOO. Clinton
County gives a Democratic majority
or 600. --latest returns from Alleglianv
show Democratic gam Of 1900. -
Washington County has gone Demo.
.cratlc--a gain of 500. Weslmorcand,
l,3oo Democratic majority. Lancaster
CITY gives Democratic majority OF
514, aa q gain of Al. Lancaster County