Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-08

The aggregate official vote Of the state
in the recent election on the Convention
question was as follows:
For Convention, S6,OO7
Against Convention. 95,252
Total. 1s1, 259
This is ID. 3O4 votes Lees than the regis
tered vote of the State in 1868. The ma
ioritv against Convention was 9, 245. We
have the official returns of the vote for
delegates from every county except Clay.
These returns slow the election of siety-
one Democrats and Conservatives, and
fty-nine Republicans, as follows:
The folio wing counties elected Demo
cratic-ConservAtivesf for delegates, viz
Alamance, Alexander, Allegheny, Arson.
Ashe. Beaufort, Burke, Buncombe, Cabar-
rus, Caldwell. Camden Carteret, Gaia wba,
Cherokee. Clay, Cleaveland. Columbus.
Currituck, Davie, CASTOR, Gates. HarDett,
Haywood, Hartford, hyde, jackson, Lin
coin, Macon. Madison. Mcdowell, Moore,
Onslow. Person, Randolph. Sampson.
Stanly, Stokes, Transylvania, Ty rrell,
Union, WatarRa. Wilson and Yarcy-one
Iredell, johnson, Mecklenburg, Orange,
Rockingham, Rowan-two each, IS
total61.
The following counties elected repubh
can delegates, viz Berthe. Baden, Bruus
wick, Dare, FOrsy the, Greene, Henderson
Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Mitchell, Mont
gomery, Nash. Pasquotank, Perquimans
Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Rutherford
Surry, Washington, Wilkes aud Yadkin-
l each, % !; and Casweil. Chatham, Cum
berland, Edgecombe, Franklin, North
Wayne-2 each, 30 and Craven, Gran
vile. Halifax and New Hanover-3 each
IL; and Wake 4-total 50.
Chowan elects A. n. Moore, whom oul
rns;denominates an cold line democra
nominated and mainly supported by the
republicans" Mr.. Moore can take hi
choice as to where he would like to b.
classed.
The aggregate vote for the dtmocrati,
conservative delegates estimating that o
Clay at the vote given for and against con
vention) is 81, 800 j, TOT votes IL s u, thai
convention received that for the repub
lican delegates is IA 51O-1O, 742 votes les
than were cast against convention.
1t is worthy of note. that while the Con
sentative vote for Convention falls below
the Conservative vote given last year fo
Attorney General Ship but 1,64l. tb'
Radicals have increased their vote agains
Convention 1925. 1t would be curiou
to see Radical explanation Of this iha
AS food for thought fer people uumer
ically almost double the blacks of th
State by whom they are ruled, We give the
following figures. The last census of thi
State gives 678 47O whites, and 391 65(
negroes-total population LOO, 12O.-
Taking the generally received ratio of
male adult to Al of the population, W,
should have voting population of 237.
800, The actual last registered vote O.
| tofo hnk
showing an unregistered and unpoleC
vote in the State Of over forty one thou
sand ninety per cent of which may safel,
be assumed as white. It discloees anothe
deplorable fact that over fifty six thou~ant
voters took no part in the late election. =
Our data being correct, this fact should be
held up to the gaze of the people every
where to the eternal shame of men wLt
cry cut Tor help but are too spiritItss t.
register aud vote and help themselves. -
Raleigh Sentinel
MARRIAGE Rec 3-Licenses for tn
following marriages were granted during
the month of August
WHITES.
| Andrew J. Mott, Jr., aud Mary Z. NAL
pass Jeremiah Hewlett and Ann Capps
johann Il Bosch and Wilhelnina Ii.
Nudge; Oh ID SCOTT and Mag Sibley ; G
@ W. Muller and Marguerite Wihelmi-
ma DR.. Bremer JIccb G. Jordan ant
Annie NJ Gurganus. Total 6.
BLACKS.
Edgar James AMI Martha Holmes
Wright Foy and Louisa Giles John W
Moore and Cstharine Page; Edward
Jones and Bella McKoy Cephas Wrigh
and Bette Everett Edward P. Hall ano
Edy Harriss Thomas Davis and Jenni,
Whitney ; Isham Roberts and Lucy Will
liams Samuel Collins and Rene Sim
mons Stepney Flowers and Celia Sneed
Abran Brya and Maria MoDuf1iie; Dun
can Holden and Louisa Davis Benz 4mir
Merrick and Clara Wilkins George
Wright aud Sarah Goetia Frank Jones
and Clara dwards Link Peterson and
Fanny Johnson jacob Scott and Letitia
Watson +; Oscar Smith aud Abbie Hill
Isaac Anderson and Ann Whitehead
Joshua Hayes and Jane Groom. Total 20
| Total whites and blacks &c.