Litchfield enquirer., 1868-05-07

The Bridgeport Fmme,' is in darkness worse than Egyptian regarding the late Southern elections. In it's weekly edition of Friday May I, we find the following:
 HE SoUTHRRN ELEcTIoNs.-We are assured by olspatch rom Georgia that the carpet-bagger's ty too large to be overcome by fraudulent returns We arc also assured that General Gordon, gal lant officer, and g. staunch friend of constitutional liberty, Ia general in the Confederate army,l has been elected Governor. We are still further as- sured and this is the most significant fact of all that those countries which have the largest negro ma1oritlessr have gone Densoc,atc: Altogether the news from Georgia IS exceedingly satisfactory. 1t IS the second sprovinc6" to reject negro su- premacy and Radical mis-rule and gives ground to nope that all will be finally redeemed.
 In Louisana thirteen parishes give majorities against tho Constitution six parishes arc in favor and two or three parishes give very large majori- tes for the Constitution, The majorities against leans gives 1,OO0 majority against the Constittl- nOn, and elects a Democratic Mayor and Demo- cratic maloritEin both branches of the city coun- cal Six Democratic Senators arc elected to tho Legislature. Mann, the Democratic candidate in the second district, is ahead, so far as heard
 The returRs from North Carolina are scattering, but indicate that the Constitution is defeated.
 In South Carolina the negroes arc having every thing thelr own way.
 For its Georgia news, the Fnme, evi- dently relies on the following despatch, published in the New York World of April O. -.5 T'lDca- eli --.1f.ya 4..au 7
 MAOOs, Ga. April 2l.-The Constitution is un- dcubtedy defeated., Nothing can change the re- suit except snch frauds as will be too gross not to bc palpai,le. g #ig - o
 Long before the publication of the Far HseT, this news, had been contradicted, as will appear from the following Associated Press despatehes, from North Carolina and Georgia forwarded to the New York papers on Saturday April 25:
 RALEEsR, April 25.-R Returns from the State come m slowly. Those received by mail to-day. reader tae ratancaten of the Constitution quite certain
 MnHSaToS, April 25. 5.-Sufiicient returns have Sesn rccclved to warrant the conclusion that the Constitution has been ratified by small majority In1s Is generally conceded by the Conservatives N- BOnden, probably the only Conservative elected 10 Congress, has majority of 25OO.
 AUGUSTA, April 25-The election returns ara connicfang. Tho Democrats claim Gordon's eIec- nca by small majority, bat adasa Ge ratification oS 0se Constitafbon. Il
 On Tuesday, the 2Sth, the New York World, in an editorial on the Southern elections, after speaking of the first erro- neous reports, says, .oas, :, aSsces s are to the contrary and point states have accepted tho Congress;ona, 'nGso ns,' ot recopstructlon by acquiescence in the scopp.; iuticns' begottcn therennder. o 'ons'i-
 The journal having ga larger circula. tlon than any two papers published in this Congressional district" fails even, to inform its readers that the Louisi- ana Constitution had been ratifedl Tn fact. unless the weekly Farmer goes to press at least four days before its apparent dates there is no accounting for the misin- formation. it gave the Democracy last week. Perhaps it is fast enough, though, for sSme of its readers-especially for those who hay'nt yet heard that General Jackson IS dead. and are forming clubs to get him nominated on the 4th of July next.