The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1868-10-23
FROM WASHINGTON.

ID. e. There Is 10 Authority or possibil-
ity to change front. All our friends con
slider it.tptsily impracticshie, and squiva-
teat'tg'lisbsnding our Jprccs. w Gin New
York are not panic stricken.
lSignedD S, J, TILDrs,
AuGUsT BELMONT,
RICHARD ScHELL.
TIsarr ALBANY, n. T., Oct. l6.
The Aibsp'~ AI9us rejects and con-
dems the, suggestion Of the Ndtionai H.
tc'igeRcer and " L. World as a change
OF front by, the Democracy, and insists on
pursuing The campaign to an end under
the candidates and platform of the July
Convention. i
PENNSYLVANIA.
"a PmLADEIPuA, Penn, Oct. Is
q A revised table ofthe msjorities, MS far
as received, reduces the republican ma
jority to 1851 The Age, democratic, es-
Inmates the republican majority at about
5000 Another dispatch says the Repub
licnn State Committee ofPennsilyania Tx
the majority at 10000. ''
Official returns Tor Congress give the
following majoritics: First District,
Randall, Dem, 6,237 majority! second
District o,NeiL Rep, j2.S5J Third Dis
trict, Motfatt, Dem, l27. Fourth Dis
trict, Kelly, Rep, 1859. Fifth District,
Reading, Dem, Al. Tenth District Coke,
Rep, pa.
I. tr,.- sgIa ID SCRANTON, Oct l6.
Susquehanna county gives Strong, Re
publican for Congress 1926 majority.
Lnzcrnc gives Woodward, Democrat, 3,
oS4 majority, electing Woodward by l.
7S9. Luzerne official on State ticket
gives 3.42S Democratic majority. a.rl
Fuller official returns gives Fox 1888
majority, Melloy 23S majority, Sheppard
l,215 majority, Fletcher 63l majority,
Gets 142 majority, Barger 1872 majority,
Weaver 953 majority, Greenland l25
majority; all Democrats Love, Rep,
presiding Judge of the District Court, has
20 majority. .,, -
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. Is, '6S.
Returns thus far still leave the State
very close The estimates ofthe Repub.
licans give Baker about nineteen hundred
aud fifty majority. The figures of Dem.
ocrats elect Hendricks by about five hun
dred and fifty majority. All the counties
heard from but Martin Four Congress
men are. elected including Voorhees,.
There are rumors, but not reliable, that
Reid has beaten Julian. 1t will require
official returns to determine the result on
Governor.
...." ... r EVANSVILLE, Oct L..
DUBOIS coUNTY-HENDRIcKs PROBABLY
SAVED. ..I .U
The returns from Dubois County indi-
cate that it has saved the State to Hen.
bricks. The Radicals report majority
for the Democracy of LAO for the gen
eral ticket, which, from news received of
a Democrat just from Jasper says it is
aScertained that Hendricks majority is
l,S19, and, having run far ahead of the
ticket, we estimate Hendricks majority
in the State al $50. .s ....r 81. q
r..f.l...t TO- INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. IL.
The official majority of Voorhees,, will
be over 100; Reeds majority over Julian
is eighty five, but Julian will get the Ger.
tifcate Of election by throwing out one
poll in Richmond that gave Reed two
hundred majority. ,.-
Bakers majority for Governor will
range from 500 to 500 This nominal
majority may be increased by disfranchis
ing several Democratic precincts in the
State.
The Republican State Central Commit
tee figure the majority in Ohio up to sew
enteen thousand. twill be considerably
below that figure
Judge Hoag beats Ashley about eight
hundred. Judge Wnans is elected in
this district by little over one hundred
We lose the Sixth, Foulteenth, Fifteenth
and Sixteenth districts by very small ma
MEMpHIs, Oct 16
The steamer Hesper, sent from Little
Rock by the Radical Executive Commit
tee for the arms recently brought here,
left yesterday afternoon with one Hous-
ton commanding a full crew, carrying
1000, Belgian musk.ts, 100 rounds Of
cartridges for each gun, several kegs Of
powder and million and a half of caps
or tho Loyal Laguers Of Arkansas, Be
lore dark the tug Nette Jones was board
ed at Fort Pickering, two miles below
the city, by one hundred masked men,
perfectly quiet and disciplined. They
followed and overlook the Hesper TWEEN
ty-fve miles below. The Hesper made
n landing. and Houston aud his pilot es.
capped into the swamp. The crew remain
ed and were not molcsted The Hesper
was towcd up the river several miles, the
guns broken by ''the tea party and
thrown overheard The ammunition was
likewise thrown over The tug was
abandoned below the city by the party
and brought in by its crew. To-day the
Hcspcr also got back, No person was
hurt, Houston was picked up and
brought back. rH~ tUu rFnUf
. There has been much excitement. and
speculation here in consequence 1t is
alleged that certain Radical officials pro
cured this to be done on speculation and
for political effect The Northern car
pet baggers profess to be wrathy, and are
threatening. The whole thing is looked
on as a Radical connection to furnish
ku-kluX horror to use in the elections.
More arms are reported coming from
the Grand Army of the Republic for the