TUESDAY’S ELECTIONS: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana; Grand and Decisive Union Victories (10/13/1864)

From returns received up to this hour, the editors of FORNEY'S Press claim a Union majority of 3,000 to 5,000, although they say it is possible later returns may reduce it; but, from the appearance of the soldiers' vote, a gain of three Republicans in the Congressional delegation is considered probable.

The Age estimates from the returns received by them from 41 counties, a Democratic gain of 13,000. Twenty-five counties are yet to be heard from.

The estimates of the Union State Convention and of the North American are that the State has been carried by the Union party by a majority of 5,000 on the home vote. We estimate the Union majority at 1,153 in forty-three counties. The Legislature is largely Union.

Berks County, with fourteen townships to hear from, gives ANCONA, Democrat, 4,777 majority.

The City of Reading gives ULSTER, the Union candidate for Congress, 27 majority; a Democratic gain of 22.

Schuylkill gives Strouse, for Congress, 1,725 majority, a Republican gain of 316.

Northampton County gives about 3,070 Democratic majority -- the same as last year.

Susquehanna County, Union majority, 1,302 -- a Union gain on Curtin's majority of 100.

Bradford County, with ten townships to hear from, gives a Union majority of over 3,000.

A dispatch from Somerset County, to the Democratic State Convention, gives a gain of 500 for the Democratic ticket in that county, the Union vote being 600.

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Tuesday’s Elections: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana – 2-3
Tennessee and Georgia: Particulars of Forrest’s Great Raid – 3-5
Official Dispatch: Details of Sheridan’s Cavalry Fight – 5
The Army of the Potomac: No Events of Importance – 5
The Army of the James: The Soldiers Voting – 5
From New-Orleans; A Successful Expedition into Florida Under Gen. Asboth – 5
The War in Tennessee – 5
Crossing of the Cumberland River by the Rebels – 5
How the Soldiers Vote: The One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment New-York Volunteers – 5-6
The War in Missouri – 6
The Christian and Sanitary Commissions – 6
Death of Chief Justice Taney – 6
Sherman’s Report: The Campaign in the Southwest – 6-8
News from Washington – 8
Political Sentiments of the Soldiers – 8
Editorial: The Late Elections – 8-9
Editorial: The Great Campaign – Its Progress and Prospects – 9
Editorial: Gen. Sherman’s Record – 9
Rebel Reserves – 9
The President and Our Victories – 9
Change of Base – 9-10
Editorial: A Neglected Point in the Chicago Platform – 10
Mexican News – 10
Rebel Finances – 10
The Webster and Hayne Debate – 10
Amusements this Evening – 10

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