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on ae een SA 4 ambitious voters brought before all the United States Commissioners up to last night. VOTE OF THE STATE BY COUNTY MAJORITIES. For Governor. Robin-| Mor- son, | gan, De Rep. 4 sk —| 3,006 —| 1283 —| 1,518 —| 2,570 —| 4,339 cS es —| 1,265 —| 681 450) _ —| 1,918 Ball + 3 zB tit) i1it Litt I 2 5 z Washington. ‘Wayne... Westchester. Wyoming. Yates... ‘Total Robinson's majority o Danforth’s majority over Bradley. BROOKLYN ELECTIONS. BEMI-OFFICIAL KETURNS—A SWEEPING VICTORY FOR THE REPUBLICANS—THEY ELECT A SHERIFF, COMPTROLLER, AUDITOR AND FOUR OF THE ASSEMELYMEN—THE COMMON COUNCIL REPUBLIC. The republicans of Kings county were in a high state of self-congratulatory excitement yesterday over the result of the election and the democrats were ex- ceedingly dejected. The republicans were successful far beyond their most sanguine expectations in secur- ing so many of the offices contended for in the battle of the ballot. They have elected ten out of the thir- teen members of the Board of Aldermen, which gives their party a majority of seven in the Common Coun- cil. This will enable the republicans to override the ‘vetoes of the democratic Mayor and to reject the nomi- mations which he may send in in May next for Commissioners of City Works, Police and Excise and Fire and Buildings, It is contended that this power, which is now vested in the successful party, will tend bo secure a continuance of the tenure of office for the present incumbents, who are independents or Fla herty democrats, and who largely contributed to the measure of success in the elections. The election of ®eneral Steinmetz as Comptroller is a gain for the Pepublicans, as is also the election of Albert Ammer. man as Anditor, both of which offices are now held by Bemocrats. In the Board of Supervisors the republi- tans have gained a representative from the Twenty- fourth ward. The democrats still have a majority in shat Board, however, of six. The election of Daniel D’Rielly, independent, to Congress in the Second dis- trict over Litchficld, regular democrat, is regarded by the republicans as'a victory for their party, as they gave him their nomination and support. The latter party also gain two members of Assembly over the number elected last November. Of the nine members now elected four are republicans. The election of the two democratic Commissioners of Charities is attributed mainly to the indorsement ac- corded the candidates, Messrs. Henry and Shipman, by the meeting of philanthropic citizens recently held ‘et the Academy of Music. The defeated applicants for that position, Messrs. Reeve and Felt, complain bit- terly of the action of certain membets ‘of their party in lending their aid to further the election of their op- nents. Pothe back, national labor party and socialigtic factions failed to develop any degree of strength ‘worthy of note, and the advocates of the fallen cause in which they “pooled their issues,” feel deeply cha- grined in consequence. It was a subject of much comment and criticism among the disappointed poli- ticians that the democratic party management must de singularly detective, when, in a county such as Kings, which has a majority of at least 10,000 for the democratic Stete ticket ordinarily, the republican candidates for the office of Sheriff have been elected four terms in succession to that Incrative office. The race between Worth, republican, and Riley, democrat, was # remarkably tlose one, and it was intimated by the friends of the latter gentleman yesterday that the official canvass may show a difference in the figures as given by the police canvass. The returns for Judge of Court of Appeals are not all in in amigo and the police authorities are una- ble to account for the failure of the caavassers to make the returns from the missing districts. The majority for Bradley will not exceed, however, it is estimated, five thousand. The following table shows the completed vote for Bheriff and Comptroller aa returned by the police:— Sheriff. | Comptrolier. Wards. Kinge-|| Stein-| Bur- | Worth,| Riley, | rell, le Dem, 4,07 3,004] 21) 33,718 Totals... Majority for Worth (rep) Majority for Steinmety (rep. oo. 2 vu VOTE FOR CONGRESS. SECOND DISTRICT. . Litchfield, 13,015 raid NY. McG. Chittenden, Huntley, Steele, py. Dem. dnd, ~« 206 1,741 443 NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1878—TRIPLE SHEET. FOURTH DISERICT, Bliss, Lyon, Kelly, Wards, Den, Rep. di oh 2 491 1,577 1.812 146 Eighteenth... 1,167 ‘Twenty-fourth 406 553 Flatbush. 227 CHARITY COMMISSIONERS, The vote in the city for Charity Commissioners was ‘as follows :— Dist, 1—Shipman, democrat. Reeve, republican. Ta the county towns jority of about 500. 2--Henry, democrat... Felt, republican Ammerman, republic has a majority of 956 over Cunningham, democrat, ASSEMBLY. mn, ‘Ogden’s mujority 8—Sheridan, independent Shanley, democrat... Sheridan’s majority 4—Tighe, democrat... ‘Trowbridge, republican ‘Trowbridge’s majority . 5—Tnuily, democrat........ Stephenson, republican ‘Stephenson's majori 6—Kiehl, democrat.... Stegman, republican Stegman’s majorit: 7—Flynn, democrat. . Melody, independen Maddox, republican. Flynn's majority. 8—Douglass, democrat. Suydam, ‘republican Douglass’ majority 9—Gray, democrat. 6,350 Talmadge, repub! 6,231 Gray’s majority: 9 ALDERMEN ELECTED, SUPERVISORS ELECTED. Wards, 2—Gallagher, dem, yi Wards, 1—Burnett, dem. 3—Aitken, rep. 5—MeCarthy, dem, 7—Stewart, es 9—O'Connell, dem, 10—Moran, dem. 11—Graham, rep. 12—Bennett, ind. 13—Ray, rep. 14—McKeever, ind. 15—Smith, rep. 16—Hanselman, dem, 17—Waters, rep. 18—Armstrong, rep. 19—Baird, rep. 20—Walker, rep. Hocker, rep. 22—Egolf, rep. 3—Scaman, rep. 24—Van Wyck, rep. 25—Powers, rep. NEW JERSEY. THE REPUBLICANS SWEEPING JERSEY CITY AND HOBOKEN—THE GOMPLETE VOTE. ‘The result of Tuesday's election in Hudson county, N. J., comprising the Seventh Congressional district, was received with surprise by both republicans and democrats, The republicans had counted confidently on the election of Toffey, the candidate for Sheriff, and three Assemblymen, but no more, and the elec- tion of their entire county ticket surprised even the most sanguine of the party. The demoratic Board of Aldermen in Jorsey City recently redistricted the city in order to distribute the heavy democratic vote through the republican districts and thereby secure more democratic Assembly- men. This change on Tuesday night prevented any estimates on the general result, and it was not until the complete returns had been made that the ee, leaders found how disastrous the result had for them. The county has an average demo- cratic majority of 4,500, and this is contributed largely by Jersey City and Hoboken. In each of those cities they secured only one Assemblyman. ‘This result was brought about by the democratic nnion formed by ex-Senator Charies H. Winfield for the purpose of crushing ont the County General Committee, which refused to allow Winfield to have the Congréssional nomination. 6—Byrne, dem. &—Lake, dem. ‘THE RETURNS. Complete returns from all but two #mall precincts in the county give Lewis A. Brigham (rep.), for Con- reas, 13, 349; Patrick H. Laverty (dem.) 11,255, John Winant (nat.) 1,317, ©. Burr (ind. nat.) 90. For Sheriff, John J. Toffey (rep.) received 14,515, John Mallins (dem) 9,613, Isaac Van Saun, 746, ‘The republicans elected to the Assembly in the First district John Owen Rouse (gain): in the Third, Samuel W. Stilsing; in the Fourth, Frank C. Fry (gain); in the Fifth, Henry Dusenbury; in the Sixth, Gustavus A. Lilliendahl (gain). The democrats elect T. J. McDonald in the Second district, Bethel N. Crane in the Seventh and Joseph Meeks in the Eighth. The Coroners elect are John R. Wiggins (rep. gain), William N. Parslow and Frederock Ruempler, The following is the vote of the county by dis- 6—Dusenbury, Aldridge, Lockwood, nat... rep. 1,614 1,042 160 2—Warner, rep #50 = =%—Lilliendahl, rep. 2,650 McDonald, dem. 96 Vreeland, dem.. 1,046 O'Brien, nat.... 670 Cox, nat. 18 3—Stilsing, rep.... 1,611 %—Tangeman, rep. 1,311 Shroeder, dem.. 1,248 Crane, dem..... 1,887 Billington, 1. R. O'Reilly, N.G... "385 Tichenor, nat... 8—Wellinan, rep 1,192 ee Weeks, dem. 1,764 Greenfield, nat... 392 Jacob, nat...... The vote on Coroners was as follows :—Parslow, dem., 12.1%; Ruempler, dem., 12,038; Warren, dem., 10,885; Watson, rep., 12,039; Wiygins, rep., 12,608; Squier, rep., 11,388; Petter, national, 1,207; Hill, na tional, 1,000; Hecker, national, 1,600. THE CONGRESHIONAL VOTE. ‘The democrats claim the loss of their Congressmen to the absence of nearly 3,000 yoters from the polls in Jersey City alone. The total vote compared with the registry in Jersey City ix as follows :— A nat Totals. ...25,195 will meet o 18,961 the Conrt Jersey City, to-morrow, at two o'clock, when the official vote will be announced. PENNSYLVANIA. SUMMING UP THE RESULTS OF THE REPUBLI- CAN VICTORY—THR DETAILS—COMPLEXION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, PHiLaDeLPuta, Nov, 6, 1878, The official retnens confirm the prediction in your | correspondent’s despatches from here last night that the republican majority wes about 16,000 in Philadel- phia, The official count to-day shows that 16,000 is the average majority with which the dominant party has secured all the county offices contended for, and held ite own in all the Representative, Senatorial and Congressional districts, Randall is the only demo- cratic Congressman, and his re-election was not op- posed by the republican managers, by virtue of an | arrangement “fixing things” with reference thereto, General Henry H. Bingham, republican, goes to Congress from the First district as the successor to the nominating convention. Bingham polled 13,579 | votes, a majority over General McCandless, democri of 7,000, Maxwell Stevenson, the greenback candi- date, received 3,851 votes, In the Second Congressional district the Hon. Charles O'Neill, republican, waa re-clected with ease over Gib- son, democrat, who ran behind his ticket and was worse beat than at the last election. Mr, Samuel J. Randall, democrat, was re-elected in the Third with a majority of 2,630, differing by only twenty votes from his majority in 1 Mr. William D. Kelley, republicay these despatches laet night, was exte by his constituents who do not believe in his soft | money theories. He was returned by a majority of | more than 1,000 less than his fnajority in 187 ae announced in ively seratehed —— | He would have been defeated if he had not received the greenback nomination. In the Fifth district Mr. A. ©, Harmer, republican, was re-clected with a majority of 3,419, nearly the same figures that he received in 1876, In the Seventh Coi ionel district Willism Godsbalk (rep.) will have 1,000 majority. In the Eleventh Congressional district the contest between Klots (dem.) and Albright rep.) is very close. 2. sotuaae will be necessary to which is elec In the Eighteenth Congressional district H. G. Fisher (rep.) is elected over Stenger (dem.) by about 400 majority. In the Eighth Cot ional district Heister Clymer’s (dem.) majority will be 6,047, In the Twentieth Congressional district Seth H. Yocum (national) is elected over A. G. Curtin (dem.) by 73 majority. In the Nineteenth Congressional district F. E. Beltz- hoover (dem,) is elected by 5,800 majority. In the Thirteenth Congressional district John W. Ryon (dem.) is elected by 250 majority. ‘The following summary will show the result on the Lieutenant Governor. 69, 940 ©. W. Stone, R. J. Fertig, D. M. Stee! Chapman Freeman, who withdrew his name before | Stone's majority. 1 Secretary Internal ‘Ajf 40 A. K. Dunkel, R.... 69 4 J. 8. Africa, D, D. Agnew, @. J. L. Wright, 6 Sterrett’s maj.... 13,839 | Dunkel’s maj.... 12,821 Returns from all the wards in this city show that Hoyt has over Dill 16,559, and for Lieutenant Gover- nor, Stone has over Fertig 16,583. TUE STATE. The returns trom forty-one counties in Pennsy! 20,036. Im the remain count there was a net democratic plurality of 479 in 1877, 80 that Hoyt will probably have at least 30,000 plurality for Governor. In the oil regions some of the republican nominees were scratched, but not enough to endanger the election of any of the candi- dates, The successful candidates in this State, there- fore, are the following:— Governor—Henry M. Hoyt, of Luzerne, for four ears. . a Lieutenant Governor—Charles W. Stone, of Warren, for four years. . Secretary of Internal Affairs—Aaron K, Dunkel, of Philadelphia, for four years. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court—James P. Sterrett, of Allegheny, for twenty-one years. For the rest the republicans retain control of the State Legislature by a majority on joint ballot prob- |, ably more than the forty-nine of last session, Tho re-election of Don Cameron to the United States Senate for the term of six years from March 4, 1879, is therefore a certainty. It is not positively knowp here yet whether the republicans have gained two members of the Con- gressional delegation, but it is thought so, as -tele- graphed you last night. Pennsylvania was first carried by the republicans in 1858, and was curried by them every year up to and including 1873, excepting 1862 and 1867. In 1860, Lincoln’s majority was 59,618, which was the largest ever received by a republican candidate in the State except in 1472, when the democrats per- mitted the. election to by default, and Grant re- ceived # majority of 136,118. In 1864 Lincoln had 5,712 majority, and in 1868 Grant received 28,898 majo- rity. The democratic majority for Auditor General in 1 4, and for Judge of the Supreme Court in 1 22. In 1874 the democrats again carried the State, their candidate for Lieutenant Governor being elected by a plurality of 4,679, but his clear majority over all was 30 only. In 1875 Hartranft was elected Governor by a plurality of 12,030, but the tem- perance vote of that year reached 13,244 and threw the republicans into a minority of 1,214 on the total vote. In 1876 the republicans again carried the State, the vote for President standing :—Hayes, 384,122; Tilden, 366,188; Cooper, 7,187, and Smith, 1,4 plurality of 17,964, and a republican majority of 9,458. In 1877 the democrats were ‘torions, the vote for Auditor General standing 242,288 republican, 251,256 Aemocratic, 52,854 greenback and 2,997 temperance—a democratic plurality of 8,968, but leaving the demo- crats in a minority of 46,883 on the total vote. MASSACHUSETTS, FEELING AT BUTLER'S HEADQUARTERS——A STATE- MENT PROMISED—CAUSES OF THE RESULT IN THE STATE-—-THE GREENBACK VOTE--AN EX- PRESSION FROM THE ‘SAND LOT” ORATOR. Bostox, Nov. 6, 1878. + The result of yesterday's vote for Governor foots up as follows:—In 336 towns—Talbot, 134,108: But- ler, 108,321; Abbott, 9,803; Miner, 1,967, Talbot's plurality over Butler, 25,321. ° Talbot's majority over all, 6,776. Talbot carries every district in the State by a handsome majority, except the two Boston districts. Eight towns, which remain to be heard from, will carry Talbot's plurality up to 26,000 over Butler. . GENERAL BUTLER AT HIS OFFICE. General Butler arrived in this city on the early morning train from Lowell. He entered his office in Pemberton square soon after ten o'clock and was greeted by a large gathering of his warm supporters, He soon closed his private office to all visitors except his immediate advisers and friends, with whom he remained closeted during the greater part of the forenoon. He receivedgPennis Kearney soon after his arrival, and chatted pleasantly with the great sand lot spouter. H.H. Bryant, W. A. Tower, J. J. McDavitt, his manager, and others paid their respects ‘and commented pleasantly on the cheerful condi- tion of the defeated candidate, and his excellent health and spirits after the extraordinary campaign through which h8 has just passed. He talked freely with his friends on the result and said that 110,000 votes showed how thoroughly the people were aroused to the necessity of retrenchment in our government, and reform in the financial condition of the country. NOT PREPARED TO TALK. On being asked his opinion abont the result of yes- terday’s vote he said he was hardly prepared to make a statement yet, as he wanted to compare the vote cast. in former years with that of yesterday. “I have no reason,” he said, ‘to feel ashamed of the work of my friends who believe with me in State reform.” He intinated that he would keep up the fight in the future on the same issue until it is carried out. He said he would have something to say on these questions within a a but for the present he wus too much en- with his private business, which had aecumn- to talk politics. ‘THE RESULT US THE STATE. Thomas Talbot was elected Governor by the hard money democrats, who hated Butler personally and on account of his financial heresies. The vote for Judge Abbott has fallen 15,000 below all reasonuble es- timates made by both parties. This deficiency doubled gives Talbot his* plurality and leaves a little margin. It was generally couceded that the Fancuil Hall Convention would rally to the support of * its candidates some 30,000, or, ut the lowest figure, 25,000 votes. ‘But the returns from all but twenty small towns give him ool, 9,500. Butler's vote will approximate 110,000, Of this 100,000 have been taken from what heretofore constituted the democratic party. At least fifteen thousand democrats kicked over the party traces and voted for Talbot. The feelings of the Butlerites over this open bolt cannot easily be descri REPUBLICANS AND ADBOTY DEN The republicans feel very well satistied with the re- sult of yesterday's etruggle—not alone in Massachn- setts, but in the other States where elections were held. They gain one Congre: one State Senator and several tives. They lose one member of the Executive Council. Mr. Talbot was in town this morning and held an informal reception at the Parker House, A lange number of prominent republicans called on him congratulated him on receiving the highest vote ever polled for a Governor of Massachusetts except one. Mr. Talbot expressed himself strongly on the necessity of keeping in view the fact that the victory was a victory for hard money and honest governinent. The Abbott democrats feel as happy ax the Talbot men. They now admit ‘that a few days ago a secret meeting was held in this city at which it was decided that the duty of all good democrats was to vote for Talbot and defeat General Butler. Judge Abbott, on beipg questioned this forenoon as to his opinion of the result said that his friends did as he advised them—voted for Talbot. He was very well satisfied over the defeat of But!=r and reroiwed Yy the triumph of the honest money doctrmes of the democratic arty. It is currently reported aud generally be- Heved that the Sudve voted tor Talbot. hiraself. TY® GREENBACK VOTE. One of the curiosi ot the votin, the evident strength the gre several sections of the State. This came out in the Congressional districts particularly, Take, for in- stance, the Sixth (Dr. Loring’s), where there were three candidates. Dr. Loring had the republicsn and ‘RATS. yesterday was back movement in hard money support, Moody Hoynton the greenback, and J, HH. Carlton, of | Haverhill, the democratic. The latest returns give the fiyures a& follows :—Loring, 10,478; Boynton, 10,040; Carlton, 2,725. In 1876 Loring carried the district over Charley Thompson by over 1,100 plurality, the vote standing 14,519 to 1ail, It will be seen that the greenback party draw» its support almost | entirely from the democratic ranks. Later re- | turps may give the district to Boynton. In the Second district the same thing appeared, In 1876 Hagris, republican, carried the district over Avery, rat, by 15,550 against This year his vote 12 for Avery, and 4,498 for Dean, green- ‘The vote in th th’ district, western part growth for the national backer, of the State, showed a lary movement. In Crapo's district (the First), there seems to be a good following of the same heresy, In the Fifth, where the issue was almost clearly greenbacks ve. hard mohey, and whe: rats and nationals i jark, the combina- lidate, was defeated by Bowroan, republican, 5,000 plurality, WHAT KEARNEY THINK I met Denis Kearney thie morning and asked him wh wht of the result, He said :— ‘ 1 see Twas right, [told the workingmen that they came to; for united action the thieves and republican robbers would combine against them. But we them that we are over a hundred tho and that we willgbe # terror to the fbondholding swindlers of the country, Ithink that my work for Batler helped to swell bis vote. Iwill now ordwnize the eity for the municipal campaign in every ward and preeinet and pitch into beth democrats end re- publicans who are now opposed tu us. You see what | we did in New York,” have shown and strong “What was that?” T asked, “Well, we beat Lamunany. I did that{when L was was over there. I told the mortingose to organize against the rings and thieves—John Kelly, Tilden, yong aud all such political thieves—and overthrow em,” Mr. Kearney was very much excited; there was fire in his eye threats on his lips, and he is evidently determined to make # lively campaign in city polities which will insure the election of a republican city government. , BOSTON MAYORALTY, Boston, Noy. 6, 1878, Henry L, Pierce, on aceount of ill-health, declines a renomination for Mayor of Boston. CONNECTICUT. REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE COMING TO THE SURFACE— GREENBACK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEMO- CRATIC DEFEAT. , (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Hanrrorp, Nov. 6, 1878, The democratic defeat in Connecticut yesterday makes the return of Senator W. H, Barnum to the Senate an impossibility, as the republicans have asafe majority of nearly fifty in the General Assembly. ‘The latter are beginning to canvass with awakened interest the prospects of their Senatorial candi- dates, among whom Henry B, Harrison and 0. H. Piatt arc names from the New Haven section, and ex- Postmaster General Jewell and Henry C. Robinson, from this city. It is yet too early to determine who is ahead, or that the election of Gene ral Hawley to Congress from this district will throw’ him out of the Senatorial race. He has a powerful hold in this State, and many of his known adherents in the new Legislature favor right- ing the wrong which they claim was done him in the Senatorial affair of 1872. "Mr. Jewell’s friends labored in this istrict to send Hawley to Congress with the object of removing a formidable rival of the ex-Post- master General, but it is by no means certain that he is permanently out of the race by this election. GREENBACK RESPONSIBILITY. e ‘The greenback vote of Connecticut is responsible for the democratic defeat without any question what- ever. It aggregated over cight thousand, and fully three-fourths, if not more, was drawn from the democracy, who conld ill afford such secessions in a State so equally divided politically. ‘The prohibition vote came mainly from the republi- cans, but it amounted to only 1,000, so that the green- back element really injured the democratic compara- tive strength 7,000 votes, while the party in its best triumph of late years did not exceed a majority of 3,000 over the republicans, The falling off of the democratie vote yesterday was 5,000 more than that of the republicans. The democratic State organ, the Hartford Timex, this evening claims, editorially, that the defeat of its party may be traced to the bad policy of the State Convention at New Haven in yielding to the greenback craze, so that many hard money demo- crats voted with the republicans through fear that their own party had become dangerously tainted with greenback heresies. MARYLAND. THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Bavtimone, Nov. 6, 1878, Baniel M. Henry in the First district, J. Fred ©. Tal- bott in the Second, William Kimmell in the Third, Robert M. McLane, in the Fourth and Dr. Eli J. Hen- kle in the Fifth—all_democrats—and Milton Gurner, republican, in the Sixth, are elected—a gain of one re- republican. VIRGINL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN ELECTED IN VIR- GINIA—THE DELEGATION SAME AS LAST YEAR. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Ricumoyp, Nov. 6, 1878. Additional returns to-night confirm the statements made in these despatches last night. The contests in all the districts of readjusters and greenbackers against the regular democratic nominees have been decided in frvor of the latter. In the Fourth district Hinton, democratic greenbacker and readjuster, ix defeated by Jorgensen, republican. ,This is regarded ‘in a local oint of view aon greet victory on the part of the ebt payers and a death blow to the uspirations of General William Mahone as the successor of Withers in the United States Senate. ‘The only doubtful con- test is in the Ninth district, where McMullin, indo- pendent democrat-greenbacker is running Richinond, regular democratic nominee, very cloxe, SOUTH CAROLINA. A CLEAN DEMOCRATIC SWFEP IN THE PALMETTO STATE. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Corumata, Nov. 6, 1878, Later election returns in this State confirm the re ports of last night. The democrats have elected the five Congressmen and have carried every county in the State, except Beaufort and Georgetown. The re- publicans are greatly chagrined at their utter rout. Not. a single disturbance of the peace has been re’ ported and the utmost good humor seems to have pre- vailed generally, The colored men have voted in large numbers with the democrats in some counties, while in others they have stayed away from the polls, FLORIDA. "i THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION DEMOCRATIC, SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 6, 1878, A Jacksonville (Fla.) special to the Morning News says:—“Duval county gives Bisbee 900 majority. Democratic gains are reported from Alachua and Mad- ison counties, formerly repnblican. Hull is certainly elected in this district and Davidson in the First. Re- turns come in slowly and are partial. The Legislature is democratic in both branches. GEORGIA, THE CONGRESSIONAL TICKET—A SURPRISE TO THE REGULAR DEMOCRATIC MANAGERS. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] ATLANTA, Nov. 6, 1878, Tuesday's election gave the organized democracy a square knockdown. Felton, independent, is elected in the Seventh by a very heavy majority over the ut- most efforts of the party managers. Senator Gordon spent two weeks in the district, speaking daily. In the Ninth, Ben Hill's district, Speer, independent, a brilliant young man, has beaten Billups, the regular nominee, by heavy majorities as far as heard Bona. Senator Hill strongly opposed Speer, but his clection is certain, unless the county vote is unexpectedly against him. Arnold, greenback independent, in the Fifth dis- trict, astounded every one by his vote, being beaten by only about 1,000. Persons, in the Fourth, beat Harris, the present in- cumbent, by several thousand, . In the First, Corker, greenbacker, is beaten probably by 30,000, THE NEGROES. ‘The negroes voted more solidly and heartily than in years past, joining under admirable discipline against the democratic nominees. The «unexpected result creates great excitement and fills the democratic lead- ers with alarm, LOUISIANA, DEFRATED CANDIDATES PROPOSING TO CON- TFST—A GROWLING SUBMISSION TO THE RE- SULT PROBABLE. + [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) New On.eans, Noy. 6, 1878, ‘The defeated candidates here are not satisfied with the manner in which they were beaten, and early this morning there was some talk of contesting the elec- tion, On inquiry, however, at the headquarters of the defeated parties I understand no such idea is en- tertained by the chief men. Some few candidates may attempt it, but no general move in this direction will be ventured upon. One, a chief actor in the Lieb aed and very high in authority among the de- feated, today remarked t our correspondent that nothing could : A 1 INVE i ‘The porty in authority, he declared, held ing in their hands, and it would b fight against ‘hat. Others, however, less interested appeared to think that the whole matter is simply a Straggle for j.owvr, and thet nothing more would be effected than souply a change of rulers in nowise leas disinterested or more self-eacrificing than those who now are in place, The record of some of those who have been elected has certainly stood the severest test whon the State was in the darkest hours of her trials, and it may be reasonably questioned whether better men would have been secured if these had been thrown aside, TENNESSEE. . CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION—A GAIN OF ONK FOR THE DEMOCRATS. Nasnvenne, Nov. 6, 1878, There is no longer any donbt of the election of Whitthorne in the Seventh and McMillen in the Fourth Congressional districts.\ ‘This gives the demo- crats the entire Congressional delegation, with the ex- ception of Houck (republican) from the First district, Marks (desnocrat), for Governor, received more votes than both his opponents. THR MISSISSEPPL DEMOCRATS ELECTED TO CONGRESS, JACKHON Nov, 6, 1878, Retnrns recéived indicate the re-election of Messrs, Singleton, Hooker, Money, Manning, Muldrow and State the vote is light, in consequence of the epidemic and quarantine. this city ouly twenty-seven votes were cast. TEXAS. DEMOCRATS ELECTED TO CONGRESS. Ganveston, Nov. 6, 1878. Special despatches to the News report that the re- turns are coming in yery slowly, but show almost universal majorities for the democratic State ticket. The following Congressmen are undoubtedly elected :— First District—Reagan, democrat. Second District—Culberson, democrat. Third Distriet-—Wellborn, democrat. Fourth District—Mills, democrat. Schleicher (dem.), in the Sixth, and Hancock (dem,), in the Fifth, for Congress, are in doubt, the green- backers polling an unexpectedly large vote. The Fitth district may require the official count to decide. MICHIGAN. Dernorr Noy. 6, 1878. Returns come in slowly, but from the present indi- cations the republicans have undoubtedly elected the entire Congressioual delegation from this State, which | is again of one Congressman in the First district, Newberry, republican, being elected in this district by w plurality of 1,028, Croswell’s plurality for Governor will probably be 30,000, His inajority over Webber, democrat, in 1876 ¢ Logislature will be strongly republican, In tis city and gpunty the republicans haved ro- elected Coats, Shi by 1,038 plurality, and the demo- crets have a bure jority in the City Connell. Some 450 towne and precincts which have bean heard from give Croswell 4 plurality of 24,005, At many interior towns the national vote is in ex- cess of the democratic. . Returns from the various Congressional districts give the following republican pluralities :— Dist. Dist, 1—Newberry. ++ 1,422 6—Brewer. 2—Willits. 4,978 7—Conger . 8th 3—MeGowan 1,594 8—Horr . 504 4—Burrows. 3,415 9—Hubbell.. 4,225 5—Stone.e.. 923 AN OLD BUILDING ON FIRE. PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF THE PREMISES NO. 38 ROSE STREET, FORMERLY USED AS A BRITISH PRISON. A fire broke out shortly before ten o’clock last night in the premises No. 38 Rose street, occupied by Messrs. Buchanan & Co., dealers in paper stock and bookbinders’ boards. The origin of the fire is attributed toa spark from a pipe which fell into the rag shop, also owned by Buchanan & Co., speedily extended thence. A second fire alarm was given about twenty minutes after the first. When the engines reached the scene Nos., 12 and 31 were placed in position to play upon the first floor, and Nos. 9, 6 and 4 were detailed for the purpose of checking the progress of the flames on the second floor. The engines were placed along Duane street, just opposite the burning premises, No. 8 Duane street, is occupied as a saloon by Conrad Stubbe; Edward Cunningham has a smithy in No. 4, and Edward Sweeny keeps a foundry at No. 6 Duane street, all of which premises are contiguous to No. 38 Rose street. AN HISTORICAL BUILDIN( They all belong to the old Rhinelander estate, and are among the oldest edifices n New York. The old building where the fire broke out had in iron letters on its time-worn walls the date 1763, as being the year of its construction. It was then situated “away out in the country,” and did service for a long’ time as a public’ prison, When -the British had posses- sion of this city during the Revolutionary War it was here that American prisoners were incarcerated. It does not appear at what time the property fell into the hands of the Rhinelanders; but the head of this family used the old prison for a long period as a sugar refinery, until in the course of time, and owing to the growth of the city, it was sur- rounded by newer buildings. Last night, during the progress of tho fire, the old barred and grated windows of the former prison were viewed by pussing through the saloon which joins it on the South. There was the original granite wall, over four feet thick, pierced by a low, dark window, guarded by the strongest iron stanchions. With the ‘excep- tion of the Walton House, in Pearl street, between Peck’s slip and Beekman street, the old prison which fell last night is supposed to be the oldest in this part of the city. By midnight the fire, feeding upon the combustible materials found on Buchanan’s premises, began to ex- tend toward Nos. 4 and 6 Duane street. Meantime the saloon at No.2 escaped damage, excepting some loss by water, CONTROMLING THE FLAMES, The firemen were unremitting in their efforts to subdue the conflagration, but were unable to get the flames under control until one o'clock this morning. At that hour the engines were still playing” with unabated energy. on the an- cient walls. The engineer charge believed that in an hour all the engines excepting one, which wes to remain on guard, could be drawn off. By half-past twelve o'clock, when the fire was at its height, grave fears were entertained for the safety of the contignous houses on Duane street and also for the Newsboys’ Lodging House, which is situated at the corner of New Chambers and Duano streets. The saloonkeeper, Adam Searle, at No. & Duane street, fearing the approuch of the fire, began to move his uninsured property out of the bar. At midnight the fire reached the roof of the burning building, and fearing its advance towards the west, stroams of water were directed to be played upon the Newsboys’ Lodging Houge. Vhe damage to the stock, which was insured, is esti mated at $2,000, and to the building all the way from $800 to # The calmness of the night, together with a somewhat copious rainfall, facilitated the fire- men’s efforts to extinguish the flames, SUFFOCATED AT A FIRE. The inmates of the tenement house No. 31 Prince street were startled yesterday afternoon by the shrieks of a woman on the third floor of their dwelling, and a few moments later great clouds of smoke were seen issuing through the open doors of her apartments. To the cries of the woman were added those of children and the noise generally attendant on the occasion of a fire ina densely popu- lated neighborhood. All this served to augment the fears of the terrified inmates, who were packing up whatever household goods they could preparatory to seeking safety in flight. An alarm of fire was sounded and soon the engines arrived on the scene. At this time the house was filled with smoke, but the firemen extinguished the flames, in about an hour after their discovery. The building was then searched, and in the apart- ments where the fire originated the corpse of a man was found near one of the front room windows. He had evidently been overcome by the choking vapor, and in groping his way to an opening to seek air and safety, had fallen to the floor and been suffocated, The ‘body was carried down — stairs, — placed in an ambulance and removed to the Fourteenth Precinet station house in Mulberry street. ‘There the body was subsequently identified by friends ax that of Charles McGrail, a blacksmith, forty-five years of age, who lived with a family named Malloy The house was badly damaged, as was aleo the fur- niture of the occupants, by both fire and water. origin of the fire is unknown, BURNED TO A CRISP. The Mrs, Nancy Pierson, a resident of Orange Valley, N. J., went into the woods near her homefon Tuesday afternoon to quench a bonfire some children had started there. In doing so her clothing caught fire and she started on arun to her house. This fanned the flames, and she was literally burned to a crisp, She died soon after. "FINE ART THE LOAN EXHINITION—DISPLAY OF THE §0- CIETY OF DECORATIVE ART. In the small northwest room of the series of gal- leries of the National Academy of Design is arranged the creditable little display made by the Society of Decorative Art. It consists of work done by the con- tributors of articles to the society's salesrooms and by members of the di t classes now in operation under its auspices, Five 4 of American ‘enam- elled faience, decorated by Miss Louise McLaughlin, of Cincinnati, under a process discovered by her, at. tract attention. A plate, Mm, painted in ‘the R. free class of the societ: met exhibits several on large plaques, We must congratulate this young lady on ber work, for th little children’s heads, picturesquely arranged, are very charming, exceed- ingly lifelike and th 1 painted,” Amon; the articles painted in th classes we note a good the pilgrim vase, No. 1411. Mrs. ise for her pancls em imval tapestry. Mrs. 't. tel lambrequin: @ screen embroid peacock on golden silk, ry tasteful, and a pair of€velyet panels, with figures worked in silic, aro excellent. JAMES MACADAM'S DEATH. James B. MacAdain, twenty-four years of age, a son of Judge MacAdam, of the Supreme Court, died at the Chambers Street Hospital at eleven o'clock last M. Whee! night. On the 2d of October Mr. MacAdam was strack by @ falling stone in front of No. 14 Pine street, having sustained compound — frac- thre of thee skull, He was at once remo fo the Chambers Street Hospita® and cause of the serious character OP his injuries it w afterward Lniporsible to ove lim to hie home, He was tinder the care of Drs. Bull wd Kutlich, and was constantly watched by the members of bis family up Chalmers, all democrats. On tho west side of the | to the hour of his death, | definitely tail. enn ENGLAND'S AFGHAN DANGER IMPORTANT LETTER FROM SIR HENRY M. HAVE~ LOCK—HOW TO MAKE ENGLAND'S POSITIOY IMPREGNABLE, Major General Sir Henry M.’Havelock has written along letter to the press in reply to that of Lord Lawrence on the Anglo-Afghan difticulty and the pos sibilities of a struggle between England and Russia ir India, He declares that he is not in favor of war at all hazards, but objects to inaction which will allow Russia to make her own game and take her own time about it, England, he thinks, can make her position in India impregnable without war, but he believes that in any case, war or otherwise, it must be materi- ally strengthened, His proposition is as follows ‘A possible present solution would be as follows:— Let us take the cases separetely, First, as to Afghan- istan, No hostile advance into her territory, now that a coup de main is impossible, till all other meant But, as a first aliernative, between this and next April obtain a friendly understanding with the Ameer, if that be now practi- cable, which should aim at two things—one the admission of our diplomatic representa tives to Herat and Candahar. I would waive utting an agent at Cabul, if the Ameer persistently Rectines, even though Bursia is established there, Second object—An altianiee guaranteeing the ps tion of the northern and western borders of Afghani- stan, For TI totally disagree with Lord Lawrence as to the possibility of obtaining any material influence over the Ameer if he do not consent in return to take a little risk also. Such an agreement would be abyi- ously one sided, and he will never probably consent to it. But our proffered guarantee of his two frontiers would, according to Lord Lawrence's own admission, be attended with little risk, because the Ameer hut never shown himself aggressive either toward Persia or Russia, If wedeny him this guaranteo, as Loré Lawrence did in 1867, can we wonder that he should lean exclusively to Russia, who will promise him any. thing ? These points would summarize the proposed negotiation with Afghanistan. ‘Then as to Russia, I would suggest that we “in- vite’ her, politely and yet firmly, to adhere to, and to return to, her conditional agreement with us of 1869—that is, not to extend her influence for the future south of the Oxus. Accepting, equally politely, the explanation that her Fao aad mis- sion is purely commercial, would if not be wise to point out to her that the commerce of Cabul is infinitesimally small, while that of China is enormous, and that if she were henceforth to go East in search of commerce toward China she would un- questionably be benefited—we should be freed from a not unreasonable disquietude about India and all chance of collision would be prevented? This course might meet that difficulty. It is neither war nor defi- ance, but prudent foresight urged in the interests of ace. a THE INDUS. FRONTIER. Then as to the “strengthening of the Indus fron. tier,” on which Lord Lawrence suggests nothing but a defensive policy of waiting. How is it to be done? ‘If his views of “strengthening” mean any- thing, they mean twenty years hence @ chain of all crag the left Indus bank. require at least five of them—at Peshawur, Dera Ismael Khan, Leia, Dera Ghazee Khan and Sukkur. Fortresses not only cost enormous sums, but, judging by what the Danube proved to be in the summer of 1877, a long line of river and achain of fortresses,.areno real defence after all, es- pecially when on the hostile, or western, bank there exists @ screen of mountains like the Suleiman range, assable at at least five points, and presenting, if the Khyber remain sealed to us—Herat being the first and Candahar the intermediate base—an impenetrable sereen. ite to a weak defensive line of 400 miles, behind which, from Peshawur to Sukkur, attack could be prepared at leisure and conld choose‘its own point of entry. So much for the present Indus frontier. But what would, in my humble judgment, be a permanent strengthening of that frontier, protecting for ever strategically its weak assailable sectipn, the space between Dera Ghaze and Dera Ismael Khu would be that which I propose, only in case all at- tempts at conciliation and alliance utely fail— viz., the acquisition by purchase of one or perhaps two salient points, projecting a little, and very little, west from our Indus frontier and thus.acting—to use afamiliar term in fortification—as bastions to that river curtain. These xalients are:—On the north the block of mountains, some thirty miles long by_ twenty-five broad, which contain and enclose the Khyber Poss, and including Dhakka, its western exit. Isee no rea sou why, if Shere Ali persists in rejecting our prof. fered fi dship and our alliance, we should not pur- chase this block from the Khyberrees, to whom it be- longs, who are now actively friendly, subsidize them tos perpetual alliance with us, fortify points along its whole length of road | and it per manently to our Peshawur district. In that case we should not require to go to Cabul at all, either in 1879 or later, either politically or militarily. Because the road would be always open to use the Ameer’s teeth would be drawn, and Russia would know, and he would know, that we could go there whenever it be- came absolutely necessary to do so. But to suppore, as Lord Lawrence does, that we should be able te effect this stroke hereafter, with Cabul once in de fensive alliance with Russia, appears to me chi- merical, THY POSSESSION OF CANDAHAR. Similarly, to look south. The advanced southern bastion to our Indus frontier would be the purchased right to put a garrison temporarily at Candahar. ‘The Ameer knows he is weak there: the peopleare friendly to us; they recollect with gratitude Sir William Nott’s benevolent and friendly occupation from 1839 to 1842, Our trade relations with them have increased much in late years, I believe they wou d hail our advent and its pecuniary advantages with delight, while the com. munication with Sukkur be made perfectly secure throvgh the Bolan, and eventually in time by two more direct routes through the Suleiman range to points on the Middle Indus. This also could be effected as a matter of purchase. Afghanistan is not and never has been a united kingdom. It is a loose agglomeration of jealous tribes, often bitterly hostile to each other. If Shere All obstinately rejecte an alliance with us and its consequent, safety to hia rule and to the succession to his throne, [sec no rea son, moral or political, why we should not buy safety to our weak frontier and tranquillity to India at Can- dahar as well as at the Khyber, Such a bargain would be at least less “imimofal’’ and less costly than war. And the force for these two purposes need not exceed our present garrison of India, especially if we utilize, internally, the contingents of friendly inde- pendent princes, and thus strengthen their loyalty and our position at’ one and the same time. With these two points in our possession, or even with the Khyber alone, leaving Candahar untouched, I should be inclined to let Cabul “fry in its own juice.” We should certainly be in a much better position to wait patiently for Shere Ali to get over his sulks; and it would be a matter of comparative indifference whether we had agents at Herat and Cabul or not. We should have permanently secured our frontier against the threat of invasion either in 1898 or in 1918. I accept Lord Lawrence's dates. And why? Because we should have gone very far toward removing out of Russia’s way, once and for all, the temptation to seize Herat; because, there being no longer any weak point of frontier for her to operate eguinst, Herat would no longer.be of the same value to her as a base of operations. This second possible solution, it will be seen, may be secured—and I hope it will if the first, an alliance, fail—without the expenditure of the life of a single British soldier or of one Afghan peasént. MURDER IN ROOSEVELT STREET, THOMAS M'DERMICK STABBED DIE—ITALIANS ARRESTED FOR THE CRIME, As Officer Barrows, of the Fourth precinct, was walking up Roosevelt street about half-past eight last evening he discovered a man lying on the doorstep of No. 18, He seemed to be in great distress and pressed his hand to his side. ‘The officer made an examination and found a deep stab wound just above the heart, which bled terribly. A man named Bourke, who was standing near by, and who claimed to be a friend of the wounded man, said that he had been stabbed by an Italian ina fight. The sut- ferer was taken to the Fourth precinct station house, Bourké being arrested.’ An ambulance was immedi- ately summoned, but before it arrived the stranger died. Officer Barrows then arrested Michael Roflin, an Italian, who keeps a stale beer place on the second floor of No. 18 Roosevelt street, and another Italian whose namo was not ascertained, A young man who appeared at the station house as a witness stated that he saw the man thrown out of the hallway and stabbed by tall Italian who afterward ran off’ toward the river. He would know him, he says, if he should Bee him again, As Bourke, who gave the victim's name as Goodwin, was intoxicated at the time, his state imeut of the affuir was disregarded, IDENTIFYING THE CORPSE. ‘The body was laid on a bench in the station house last night Tor identification. At about ten o'clock # short, thick-set woman, bareheaded and wearing @ striped shaw! drawn tightly across her shoulders, en- tered the station house and told the sergeant that she would like to see the dead man, as she thought she could identify him. She gave her name as Myra, Bourke, of No. 81 Roosevelt street. When the body ‘was shown her she exclaimed ;— “Tt's him! It's him !"* “Who?” asked the officer, “The man who has been lodging at my house fot more than a week, He has three little children, poor things.” “What's his name?” asked the officer, eThomas Mi is hia nate, house at eight o'clock this evening,” NO MONKEY, * On being further BF hang woman stated tha the mau who pretended to be a friend of MeDermick’t was her husband, and that they had left her hous: together at about cight o'clock, both being somewha intoxicated, MeDerinick, she said, had no money, a he had-been down town that day and «pent all wnt ten conts, which he showed her, He worked occasionally at odd jobs, but found it dificult to pay tor his lodg He was at my | ing MeDorinick is suid to be tinown by the police of the tueth preeinct as on ang who drain bee: keys for the stale beer place a TH Roosevelt wtrect, ‘The Coroner will be notifie wip og wd an inquest held, AND LEFT To .