The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-10

roroIEn Affairs,

to the King asking for the emancipation
Of slaves.
american Matters.
CHARLESTON, October 9.-Arrived-
Steamships Champion, New York; Gulf
Stream, Philadelphia; schooner Florence
Rogers. New York.
INDIANAPOLIS, October 9.-Election
returns are still very meagre. In Earl
River towaship, Hendricks County, the
Republican majority is l2-a gain Of s;
third ward. New Albany, Democratic
majority 134-a' gain of "a; Grant town
ship. Newton County, Dem ooratio ma
jority ga gain of 55; Harrison town
sahip. Fayette County, Republican ma.
lority S2-a gain OF 10; CLARK township.
Montgomery County, Republican ma.
lority 5O-a Democratic gain OF 285;
townshipain White County, Republican
gain 81; Washington township, Tippe-
canoe County, Republican majority 5-a
gain Of %; Prairie township, Benton
County, Republican majority IA Demo.
cratic gain Of Il; Gregg township, Mor-
gan County. Republican majority 90
"a gain of 18; Perry township. Clinton
County. Democratic majority ga gain
OF /; Worth township. Boone County,
Democratic majority 158-a gain Of 40;
Carpenter township. Jasper County, Re.
publican majority 105-a gain of 29;
Riohland township, Munroe County, Re.
publican majority 1874, gain. OF 43;
Pike township, Warren County, Repub.
lican majority ! 10 Democratic gain of
Z; Newcastle township, Falton County.
Demooratic majority 109.- Republican
gain Of i2; jackson township, Hamilton
County. Republican majority 68-Demo.
cratic gain. of. 2: Deoatnr township,
Marion County, Republican gain 10:
Greene town1hip, Marshall County;
Democratic majority l3--Repub ubiican
gain of l6; Vernon township, Hancock
County, Democratic majority Ca gain
of 20; Laurel township, franklin Coun.
ty, Democratic majority 98ARepublican
gain of IL: Lancaster township, Jeffer.
SON County, Democratic majority 60
Republican gain of 8. t.ise :.
In forty-one townships. in twenty. two
Counties, the net Republican gain on
the vote Of 1870 is ], 1,002. ,'s.'.
NEW YORK, October 9.-The special
dispatches received in this city indicate
q majority for Hartranft at from 10, 600
to rs, 600. The results were awaited In
this CITY with great interest. In the
evening crowds assembled at the politi.
cal headquarters and hotels to hear the
returns. AS the dispatches came in,
cheers were given by the adherents of
the opposing parties. The Fifth Avenue
Hotel was thronged with politicians,
who received kilograms until very late
hour. TIE Tribune says: I'VE have
been cheated out of Peunsylvania; have
made great gains in Ohio, but not
enough to carry the State; and have no.
thing discouraging from Indiana"
PHHADELPHIA, October 9.-Tte Con-
gresslonal delegation will embrace eigh.
teen Republicans and nine Democrats.
WAsHINaToN, October 9.-The special
dispatches are disoouraging to the Libe-
rails. Ohio ia almost certainly and In.
diana probably gone against them. The
wires have been crowded with details
bearing upon the general result. The
Congressional gains and losses are as
follows; Ohio. Hamilton County, the
Liberals gain two. Indiana, Niblack
and voorhees, defeated. Little attention
has been paid to congressman.
ORSoINNATI, October 9.-Returns from
all but one precinct of the first district
are in. Sayler, Democrat, has 1914
majority over Eggleston, for the short
term. In the same district, Dodds, De.
mocrat, has 1857 majority over Taft.
In the fecond district, oil but two pre.
oinots are heard from, md Banning, Lii.
beral. has 1870 majority over Hayss.
Wiley. Democrat and Liberal, for Sec.
retary OF State, has 5,720 majority over
Wikof. His majority will be about
5000 when all the returns are in.
CHATTANOOGA, October 9.-The Ala.
bama and chattanooga Railtoad is now
open from Chattanooga, Tenn, to Meri.
dian, Miss. and is run BY j. @. Stanton.
This event is hailed with pleasure and
enthusiasm by the people all along the
line. who have 80 long been deprived OF
the benefit OF the road.
ST. LOUIS. October 8. About 3 O'Clock
this morning, during a heated political
discussion between Milton Tnrner,
ooiored minister to Liberia, and George
W. Medley, another. prominent oolored
man OF this city, the latter stabbed the
former in the left breast, infiioting pro.
bable fatal wound. Turner was convened
to his residence. and Medley was ar
rested. - ID" p.-,-
CHICAGO. October 9.-To.day is the
anniversary of the great FIRE, and many
people celebrate; il by removal to new
quarters in the rebuilt portion of the
oity. The Tribune appears this morn
ing in ita new form Of eight pages. and
is issued from it's rebuilt Office in The
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