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Show POLITICAL NEWS. The Hayes majority in Iowa, it is 1 thought, will not exceed 40,000. John Morrisey is Baid to have msdo $100,000 on the Indiana election. elec-tion. Tho New York Sun is making open war upon John Ifclley, the Tammany hall boss, and charges him with working to defeat Tildcn. Tiie six electoral votes of. Connecticut, Connec-ticut, are not to be reckoned among i the doubtful. There will bo a ma-jjority ma-jjority of 5,000 or more for Uncle Sam Tilden. All the information we can obtain leads to the belief that the majority for Hayes in Pennsylvania will not much exceod 50,000, against an av-erago av-erago of over 100,000 during the last few years, The democrats of Wisconsin have hopes of redeeming tuat state on the 7th of November. A Chicago Times correspondent regards the result in doubt, with the chances rather favor ing the democracy. In Ohio the republicans hire men representing themselves to be ex-1 ex-1 rebel ouicers to go around and talk with the people in favor of Ti'den, telling them that in the event of Til-den's Til-den's success they had a certain prospect of the payment of a large amount of claims which he avowed were just and ought to be paid. And of such humbug political campaigns are composed. As the eastern papers come to hand containing correspondence in regard to the Cain hoy (S. C.) tragedy, there appears to be Utile doubt that the massacre was in pursuance of a pre meditated plot, carried out by nroes, hut arranged by a higher agency either in Columbia or Washington. Such aro the conclusions of the Charleston correspondent of the New York Herald, who was an eye-witness of the atrocity. A Charlepton correspondent of the . Sun says the negroes liave abundant ! reasons for voting the democratic ticket. Thry havn been so long used by rival radical politicians for selfish purposes that they have sickened of their leaders. Thi-y see th democracy democ-racy united and enthusiastic, whih they regard as cvidenco of strength. In the rice regions hundreds of negroes ne-groes were whipped by armed bands ol nrgroi's, whodt t'wd arrest and put several eherifls and constables to light. Telegrams were cent to Chamberlain for aid, but he granted none. I he whipped negroes are joining tho Hampton club by ecores In Abbeville county, which lias a iuavy majority ot colored voters, a thousand blacks have joined the clubs, and Ibey ride in the Hampton processions with great enjoyment. Indeed, the colored riders now form a conapiciuui feature at all these meetings. |