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Show The election returns received up to a late hour this morning, appear in the Herald. These are bo incomplete incom-plete as to give little more than indir cations as to the -result of the great political con Lest yesterday... All that can Jbe- definitely stated at this time,-is time,-is that the republicans have gained throughout New England, as the domocrats have in the south. Tbe west Bhowa little change, (ho congressional con-gressional delegations and state governments remaining about as tbey were. Tbe greenbackersand nationals have developed some Btreoglh, drawing evenly from oaoh of the great parties. One thing is assured, and that is tho important fact that the democrats will have a fair working majority in tho next house of representatives, Tbe full returns will not be iu for several sev-eral days, but enough will probably br known to-day to enable one to form a nearly correct estimate as to what the harvest has been. |