The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-11-04
The E,ections-The Deluge.

Yesterday was great day Tor tue Union
THE revelation sweeps on. We ada Massa'
.hneet,s 10 the number Of rescued States.
Tsink OF Massachusetts the last OF s'a'es
,ba, we hoped for! And Of BUTLER BENG
beaten, and badly beaten! Why, this 'ndeeo
looks as though iudgment.das had come.
The news is not very full, but we nave
enough to en,huse us. Democrats III Boston
were Yesterday wild with joy, and 50 'hey
were In Washington city. We rc'er Tue
reader 10 our election news. we WIZ Diieh!
review The fiald.
In VIRGINIA we have elected the following
Conservatives: WALKER 10 the Third, d. Il.
TrcxEs in the Sixth, JOHN I. HARRIS IN the
Seventh. ETA Huron in the Eighth, ana
General TERRY in the Ninth district. ihe
First district. is id doubt, with chances IN
favor OF DorGLAss Conservative over SESER
fRadican. The Second district is also in
doubt, with the probability of the election
OF GoopE CONSERVATIVE over PLAT; and IL
the Fifth district the chances are in favor OF
CABsLL Conservative over THOMAS (Repuo-
]icar). STowELL (tt.dicaD is no doubt re-
elected ia the Fourth district. SO that we
have certainly gained the Richmond district,
with good chances for three others.
Good for Virginia. The rescue Of the
metropolitan district was a glorious affair
Richmond was admirably won. Commls.
siouer PEASANTS narshalS, before night,
were as blue as the badges they wore.
Looking outside the State the news is all
encouraging.
From MASSACHUSETTS it is glorious. The
Democrats el.ct the Governor (GAsroS) and
.eccn out Of eiecen congressman. BUTLER
j, beaten BIZ q large majority. General BANkS
j. elected by heavy majority. Old AVER
,Republcan), Of cherry pcctoral and pill
memory, is routed by TARDox; and even the
q vout HoAR is only saved by the contemp'
sible majority of 317. when be was elected in
1872 by 7.IS4. Whata revolution We can
hardly beicveit. We write at ucar2 O'Clock,
and stipulate for the privilege of opening
our eyes upon the fact at noon.tide on the
4.h, or this day. We cannot resist the de-
sire to write down glory"
New York elects TILDEN Governor over
"sHoor. HIM-DowS" DIX, and the venerable
DIX goes his way. New York does other
,hrss crcdtable, Of which the details re.
ceivcd when we 90 TO press do not fully iu-
form us.
From ILLINOIS We have nothing decisive,
but something to encourage Us. From New
Jersey do; but we have from the South
something very cheering.
From TENNESSEE we learn that we have
the congressional delegation save from two
districts that are in doubt. This inSures us
gain of five in that State with chances for
one or two more. Glorious!
LOUISIANA gives five Democrats out Of six
corgressmer--a gain of two. At the same
time she exhibits 4 Democratic majority et
$4,000.
There are gains in ARKANSAS, ALABAMA,
GEORGIA, and SOUTH CAROLINA. We have not
enough news to show how many.
PENNSYLVANIA will no doubt give us some
thing, and other States may surprise us.
However. none Of them can be able to shake
Us as with an earthquake like Massachusetts
Arewe hoping too much to hope that The
next House of Representatives of Congress
will have ma ority of Democrats! We
shal! see. We can we'll imagine that at this
time there is amongst the Republicans
weeping, and walllng, aud gnashing OF
teeth"
We again direct the attention of the reader
10 The glorious news of the day. We hope
it will continue good as we get more of it.
But nothing can equal the grand revolution
in Massachusetts! That is unapproachably
magnificent.
Z. S.-After the above was written we
received better news from New York, which
see. The delegation from New York TO the
lower House of Congress now stands TWEEN.
ty-three Republicans and nine Democrats.
elected two.thirds of the delegation, so we
must have gained on vest crday eleven or
twelve members. That is grand.
We close with the following telegram from
L
shakes under the foot of the Administra-
ton:
The Exc:teln emit I'm Washington.
Especial telegram TO the Dispatch.I
WAsnINGroS, November 4 $50 4. NJ
The excitement here tonight over the cleo.
ton returns exceeds anything known for
many years. The returns received in all
quarters up to l O'Clock A. n. are Of the
most encouraging character for the Demo
sraey, aud the Republicans exhibit de-
spondency that has not been witnessed
since their accession TO power. Pri.
vate dispatches from Democratic sources
are.intensey enthusiastic. Great crowds
are gathered about the newspaper Offices,
and on Newspaper Row the excitement i:
intense. Government officials from high to
low are throngng the news-centres eager
for the reception of every word referring t
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