Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-09
A Terrible Disaster at Sea, With
Heavy Loss of Life.
A Spurious Report of the Death
of Senator Conkling.
THE ELECTIONS.
NEW YORK,
Special Dispatch 90 the 1hrOn g.

Spec-"i Dtspatcn 10 tne enron g &c
New YORK, Nov. I'll
The chances are in favor of the
election of majority of the Re,
publican State ticket, but it will
probably take the official canvass to
decide the result. The official count
takes place next week, beginning on
Tuesday. The Republican candi-
date for State Engineer is certainly
defeated and the Lieut.. Governor is
not so sure of election as some of
the other candidates. TIMES.
To the Associated Press.
New YORK, Nov. 8.-The Sun
says the vote for Lieutenant Cover
nor, Secretary of State, Comp
troller, Treasurer and Attorney
General is very close. Both par
ties concede that the returns are
made with provoking slowness and
from only few counties has full
vote been received. Cornell's plu-
rality may reach 100000, and it may
be cut down to $4,000, but there is
little doubt but what it will range
between these figures. There are
enough missing returns to make the
Lieutenant Govership in doubt.
The Suns returns give a majority
of 2,l62 for Potter. These figures
may be diminished by the official
returns enough to elect Hoskins,
but the Democrats still claim Pot
ter's election, and, with seeming
good reason, the election of Hora,
ito Seymour, jr., (Democrat) as
State Engineer and Surveyor,
seems to be conceded by both par
ties. The best that can be said of
the other candidates is that the vote
is in doubt, with the chances in fa~
vor of Wadsworth's election as
Comptroller on the Republican
ticket, and Wards election as At
torney General. General Carr
friends argue that he is running far
enough ahead of his ticket to insure
his election as Secretary of State.
The race between Mackin and
Wendall for Treasurer is very
close, and is greatly in doubt.
The Herald says it is still doubt
full which party carried the State.
1t looks at present as if Potter and
were elected by small majorities,
but the vote on the State ticket,
from Lieut.. Governor down, is so
close that it will probably take the
official returns to determine it.
The Herald concludes that New
York is til the battle ground of the
Presidential car vass, with nearly
equal Che nces of both parties.
ALEAEY, Nov. 6.-The Argus
Dem estimates Cornell's plural>
ity at 81, 1882; Potters' majority at
1896, and claims the remainder
of the State officers by less major
tiles than Potter's. The Erpress
(Rep.) estimstc5 Cornell's apparent
plurality at 1858; Hoskins' ap-
parent majority at 249.
VIRGINIA.
PETERSBURG, Nov. THE cleo
tion returns from precincts in ad
jacent counties are coming in very
slowly, and great interest is felt as
to the result. In Brunswick county,
Johnson (Readjuster), is elected to
the House of Delegates by SO ma
.jority. In the Senatorial District,
composed of Brunswick, Nottoway
and Lunenberg, Williams (Rep) is
elected over Judge R. M. Maloney
( 1Readjuster) by 100 majority. Re-
liable information gives Walton
debt Payer, for the Senate, and
Jones and Jewett debt Payers),
for the Legislature, from the Ches-
terfeld District, composed of the
counties of Chesterfield, Powhattan
and Manchester township, a major
lty of about 300.
RICHMOND, Nov. 8.-There we're
few additional returns received to-