Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-10-09
rELEGRAPHIC.

ceived most encouraging intelligence
from Pennsylvania. The State Com
mittce advise that the Democratsare
thoroughly organized in every towns
ship, and that victory i'm October is
assured.
A letter from Arkansas to an ex-
Senator declares that Seymour and
Blair will carry the State by twenty
thousand majority, and the whole
delegation to Congress will be Demo-
cratic. Registration is general
throughout the State, and the vote
will be the largest ever polled.-'
Thousands of negroes will vote with
alone, which in the spring was Radi-
cal, two thousand negroes had aband-
oned the carpet-baggers.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 3.-Democratic pa
pers this morning assert that six
thousand stand of arms and ammu-
milton have been shipped by the 10y
al Leagues of Missouri by the steam
er Belle Memphis for negroes of this
city and Little Rock, Ark.
Bishop Quintard, of the Protestant
Episcopal church, has interdicted
ritualism in his diocese.
A young man named O'Brien was
shot and killed by Wash Duncan, at
Charleston, Miss, Thursday night
O'Brien was guarding Duncan, who
had been arrested for burglary, andin
an ungarded moment Duncan seized
his gun and shot him. The citizens
picketed the roads, and next day dis
covered Duncan trying to escape. Re
fusing to surrender, they fired upon
him, inflicting wounds which are be-
lieved to be mortal. twas with diff
ficulty that the citizens were restrain
ed from lynching him, as O'Brien
was universally beloved and respec-
ted.
New ORLEANS, Oct. "a storm
of wind and rain commenced here on
Thursday night, and has ragged ever
since with but short inyervals and
shows no sign of cessation. Contin-
uous east winds have backed the wa
ter of Lake Pontchartrain through
the canal and swamps, until the
whole rear of the city is inundated
with an unbroken sheet of water from
Claiborn street to the lake. The wa
ter is pouring over the banks of the
canals, and is still rising. The Point
chartrain railway and several street
railroads are obliged to stop running,
their tracks being overfiowed.
The rains have been heavy and gen.
eral throughout the State for the past
week.
WASHINGTON, Oct. q Official no.
tification was received at the State
Department yesterday from Minister
Hale that the Spanish monarchy has
ceased to exist, and that provision
al government has been organizcd.-
This has occasioned some talk in di-
plomatic circles. 1t is deemed cer-
tain that the United States will take
an carly occasion to recognize the
Provisional Junta rs the dc .fdctO
government of Spain.
Secretary McCullOch said to-day
that the officers in the United States
mint i'm Colorado must resign. They
are accused of purloining the funds.
An order has been Issued by the
Treasury authorities that on and af.
ter Monday the clerks in that depart
ment must remain at work from -four
in the afternoon. Considerable
grumbling thereat.
General SchOfield has issued an or
der reducing the garrison in Virginia
to fifteen hundred troops, which, by
careful calculation, isjllst fifteen hun
dred more than there is any necessity
for.
1SS1ssee tGIouIe the idea tSttfp tkh at
tempt has been made to assassinate
the Viceroy of Egypt. AT last &C.
counts he was perfectly well.
HARTFORD, Oct. 5.-Hartford gives
$50 of Democratic majority, gain
400 over last fall and 100 over last
spring.
New Haven gives 0l9 Democratic
majority, which is more than last fall
though less than last spring.
The Hartford Times says, OH the
scattering returns received from vari-
Gus counties, the Democrats gain
largely, showing that lad there been
a general ticket they would lave Civ
en- 5000 majority.
NEW LONDON, Sept. 5.-The Re-
publicans have elected the town clerk
by SO majority, and two other officers.
The Democrats carried the rest of the
ticket by Is majority.
HARTFORD, Conn.,, Sept. 15.--The
election to-day for town officers re-
suited in the success ofthe Democrat
ic ticket by 53S majority, which is
about the same as that of last spring,
counting the relative losses and gains
of both parties. The vote appropri-
ating n half million dollars from the
town treasury in aid of two new rail-
road projects is carried by large
vote. The following is the result of
the vote: For Connecticut Western
road, 4,02S; against, $40. ForConnec-
ticut Valley road, 4,00i; against, $40.
This secures the building of both
roads.
Now Haven has elected the Demo-
cratic ticket by OH majority, against
2,253 last spring. A Democratic loss
of 1886. This loss will offset all DEM
ocratic gains made thus far and leave
large margins. Towns thus far heard
from show n considerable Republican
gain. Middletown, which went large
ly Democratic last year, elects pOr-
ton of the Republican ticket this
year. Meridian and other towns show
large Republican gains.
NORWICH, Or, Oct. 5.-Returns
from towns OF the Third Congression-
al District show Republican gains
Norwich gives 459 Republican major
ity against 2l0 over the election last
spring. The Democratic majority in
New London is reduced, and part of
the Republican ticket elected
WATERBURY,, Conn, Oct. 5.-The
Democratic ticket for town clerk was
elected to-day by u majority of $50
against 270last year. The Democrat
ic collector was elected by only So ma
jority.