Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-10-04
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Georgia Election Returns. $3.50
ATLANTA GA, Oct. 5.-Thlirty-fopyrr
counties heard from give Smith a MAORI
ty of 1851.
But one county, so far, gives Walker,
Radical, majority of 100, -l.,s,..-
Some of the strongest haoIcaI COUNTIES
IA iMeppGsRrRG. Oct. S.-Hon. w. p.
cha11 labor Reform candidate for Gov
800 declines in favor of Buckalew.
a. IrcI-sTA. GA, Sept. S.-The returns are
oor1inC in slowly, partial returns from the
foIIo,vi1g counties give Smith, Democrat
IL over fifteen thousand majority.
Bartow, Glib, Baldwin, Cobb, Catoosa,
CLAY. Clayton, Cheatham, Doogherty,
Floyd, Fulton, Gorden, Henry, Lee,
MuscOgee, Murray, Pierce, Richmond,
Standing, Sumpter, Trout, Ternell, Tai
bot, Whitfield, Wilkes and Warning. Of
fetal account of Cheatham gives the Dem
ocrats twenty-nine hundred and forty ma
iority. The Republicans carried Decatur
county by three hundred, and Thomas
county by one hundred and fifty. North
Georgia has gone Democratic. 1t will be
impossible to give anything more satisfac-
tory tonight, but there appears to be no
donbt that the Democrats have carried the
full vote has been polled in every county.
CHARLESTON, MASS, Oct. 9.-The
Democrats and Liberals nominated Gen.
Banks for Congress.
The returns have been received from six
ty counties, giving the Democrats over
twenty-five thousand majority; rs counties
vet to hear from will increase the majority
to forty thousand. The following counties
gave the Democrats 5000 majority, Schley,
ton, MerriWether, Epson, Pike Taliaferro,
TAYLOR, Stewart, Worth, Pulaski, Hous-
ton, Webster, Wilkinson, Putnam, WASH
ingtOp. Burke and Columbia. Twigs
county gave the Republicans majority of
three hundred, and Greene county, one
hundred, and eleven out of sixty counties
heard from, only four have gone Republi-
can. Enthusiastic Democrats claim the
state by fifty thousand majority.
SAVANNAH, GA, Oct. 3.-The money
that was sent here from Washington to
pay the poll taxes of the negroes was ap-
prOr rated by the white Radical managers
who gave the negroes bogus receipts. This
swindling deprived a large number of ne
e grees of their votes. 81 fH .ETEGC
ROCHESTER,, Oct. 3.-On yesterday morn
ing team attached to wagon belonging
to Mr.. Lyons, Wayne county farmer, ran
away, throwing the man out and killing
him. In the afternoon, relative of Mr..
Lyons by the name of Fox drove the rum
away team to the village for the purpose of
procuring a coffin for the deceased, and in
crossing the Central Railroad track a To-
connective collided with tie wagon aud
Fox and the horses were Killed. The en-
CINE and three Gals were thrown into a
ditch. No person on the train was IN
jured. 800. .-.-..--.u
The official nlajorities as specially re-
follows: Smith, DEMOCRATIC, Talllalerrrnc '
2 county, 800; Wilkes, 107l Muscogee, IVg;
Hancock, 200; Pulaski, 10; Ri Rich On
745: Whitfield, 1856 DoughertN SO NC
Duffy, $50; DeKalb, sos; Morgan, IaS I;
Wilkinson, 500; Schley, 204 S1mpter, SCO;
Troup, 1886; Coweta, % BROOKS, 2l6 !;
Randolph, 25; Quitman, ~ GampDedn,
$50; Floyd, $780, Jones' aS6 SOO; GiarkI' 51a
TerriII 31O: talbot, 3S4 !; Murray. 20S !;
CLAYTON. 420; clayton, 42O; Fulton, ], $50 /;
Cohb 500: Tbuston, $40: Bibb, 1900 Lee,
r 155. Warren, 800; Monroe, 700; Barlow,
500. CLAW so; Chatham, 2, $40; Macon, 300;
BALDWIN, 900; Butts 242; Burke, 600; Up
son. SIS; Henry, 1874: Taylor, 100; Pike,
594; Stewrrt, $50. Forty-nine counties
giyeSmith 1887 majority. Walker, Rad
Zeal has majority in Mcintosh of 45S /;
Ttomas, 256. Total, no. In fifty-One
Counties, Smith, Democratic, has major
fy of 24i1i7 '4S71S 20
/ ALBANY, N. Y. Oct. 3.-The straightout
Democratic State Convention met to-day
at Martin Hall. Among those present were,
R. r. Miller, brother-in-law of Horatio
Seymour, Hon. Levi S. Chatfeld, c. P.
Sykes, John J. Allen, Chairman of the
State Committee, John A. Goodlet and
VIM. Keegan, of New York. The conven-
ton was called to.order by John j. Allen.