The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-04
THE U. s. TROOPS ON HAND.
MAYOR. PlLLsBURY ANNOUNCES
THE RESULT TO HIS
SUPPORTERS.
Speech from the Mayor Elect.
a Glorious Day for Chnrieston--Gene-
raj Joy OF the Citizens-Everybody
Hopeful OF a Prosperous Future for
the Old City.

The pBans OF victory rang OUT over Cnaries-
ton last evening The honest men of the whole
city laid down the duties which had been zeal
ously performed during the prst week and
took up the song of triumph: women breathed
free in the assurance that Charleston was re-
eemed; a solemn 10 Triomphe ascended from.
many a heart, and with last evening'sdey
tons in many happy home circle the tribute
of praise and gratitude to Almighty God min
gled With the petitions for q continuance of
His ordinary bounty. The feeling of JOY and
hope was profound and universal. The result
which had been SO earnestly desired and so
faithfully labored for, was anxlously awaited.
all day long. The probabilities on Wednesday
night had strongly favored the triumph of the
Citizens, but the actual count was looked for
with absorbing interest
Counting tho Vote.
The General Sessions room of the Court
house was thronged at an early hour yester.
day morning by heterogeneous crowd, In
which almost every element Of the social life
of Charleston commingled. The boxes from
the ,Karious precincts, securely wrapped and
sealed, stood In o pile In one corner. At about
10 o'clock the boxes Of Wards l, 2. and 8 were
brought out, placed upoL the different tables
within the railing, and surrounded by the; man.
ayers Of the respective precincts The crowd
then resolved itself into little knots;
around the different boxes. the nucleus
of each group being the managers and
tellers, who were calling of and recording
the votes. These little crowds around the
tables constituted little nuisances.. The mana
gers, and those whose duties required them to
attend the tables, were barely allowed room 70
stand, and the confusion was increased by the
din of voices in the room, every one talking at
once, and 30 vociferously that 1t was with
much difficulty that the managers could make
themselves heard. 1t was good humored
crowd, however, and the loud talking that
was INDUCED In, amounted to nothing more
than lively badinage. The counting progressed
as rapidly as was consistent with
accuracy, and was conducted as fol-
lows: A box being unsealed and opened
the tickets were taken out and assorted In
four separate piles, the straight tickets Of
y eh party being put by themselves, and th8
split tickets fled according to the name of the
mayoralty candidate by which each. was head,
ed. The straight tickets were then told off In
bundles Of ten and credited opposite the
names Of the respective candidates on three
different sheets by as many tellers, each count
being called back for the purpose of comparl-
son. aThe split tickets were then taken up
each name read separately, and the netes rec.
orded, the counts being called and tailed as
before. The tickets having all been counted,
and the result put down on the
tellers' sheets, it was then transfer
red to the official reports, which
were signed by all the managers, sealed
up, and furnished to the Mayor. Everything
was conducted in the most systematic manner,
and thewhole count passed off without an un-
pleasant incident, and without single In
stance of disagreement or dissatisfaction
among the managers Of the respective par
ties. 1t was a day OF hard and faithful work,
performed under circumstances which caused
considerable discomfort, but zealously and
carefully conducted by all parties. 1t became
evident, at an early stage in the count, that
the Pillsbury party had not the shadow Of q
CnauCe VI "lunlnS INC olecuou, duu lne epiito
of the friends of the Citizens candidates
rose accordingly, while the Radical faces
fell correspondlngly, and became preterna-
turally and unnecessarily black. Occasionally
some ill-advised person In the room would
throw out of the window a scrap of paper
purporcing to contain some authoritative pre-
sage of. the result. These bulletins proved
apps OF dlscord to the hungry crowds
below. They would be eagerly seized, quickly
read aloud by the darkey who happened to
catch them, and received with either howl
or cheer from the colored crowd, according
as thela figures boded defeat or victory. As