Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-06
The North Carolina Election
Caldwell said TO be Elected.

RALEIGH, Aug. 4.-[New York Times special
! can see no occasion for dOnbtiHg that Gov.
Caldwell, republican, is elected by small ma
iOrty. The returns show heavy republican
gains in the western counties, where the demo-
Gratis expected to sweep everything before
them On the other hand the republicans
suffer serious losses where they should not have
been permitted. This was the ease in New
Hanover county, where there Is loss OF over
500, on account of local divisions, which were
not expected TO affect the state ticket, There
are some losses in eastern counties, which are
due, no doubt, TO Blumenburg, and those in
Alamance and CaSwcll counties, but especially
the latter, being 275 votes, are credited
to Wood, who is declared by the chair
man of the democratic state commit
tee, in telegram TO Ethan Allen, to
have done nObly. These counties being in
Judge Settles district, extraordinary measures
were used TO insure his defeat and in Caswell
county OutrageS were committed upon republic
can voters which are infamous. Wholesale
challenging was resortGd to, the voting thereby
being greatly delayed; but in order to make
sure that the republican majority should be
sufficiently reduced scores of voters were ar
rested on malicious charges of trying to vote IL
legally, tied hand and foot, and hurried off to Jail
BY such outrages as these Judge Settle has
been defeated and the state ticket put in ieop-
ardy.
RALEIGH, Aug. SPA A. MN. Y. Times
special -Seyenty-iour counties have been heard
from unotfcially. Caldwe's majority IN these
counties is 1884. Seventeen counties are still
to be heard from, as follows: Ashe, Allegheny,
Cherokee, Clay, Currituck Hyde, jackson, Ma
con, Montgomery, Northampton, Polk, Surry,
Swane, Pennsylvania, Tyrrell, Watauga and
Wilkes, These gave u democratic majority in
1870 of 1742. If the vote of 1870 is maintained,
MerrimOn is elected by 30S. | think we will
gain 600 in the counties to be heard from, which
will elect Caldwell BY 800. It ia the closest
election since 1852. 1t is possible that it will
require the official count to decide the result.
New YORK., Aug. 5-The Posts Washington
special says, the dispatches to-day, from North
Carolina; claim tile election Of the republican
state ticket by 500 majority, and say that many
democrats acknowledge Merfinion's defeat, all
though Others assert that the official returns
Will show his election by 800 or 200 majority.
The New York kilograms Raleigh special
reports heavy republican gains in Moore,
Harriet, and Caswel cOdntes, and democratic
gains in Wilkes, Allegheny, Ashe, Dupin, and
Northampton counties. In sevcnty-seven coun-
ties the republicans have gained 1888 on the
vote Of 1870, leaving 114I to be overcome TO
make the election tie, Official returns report
| democratic gains in Stokes and Brunswick
counties.
WILMINGTON, N. c., August 5-~The demo-
Gratis have fears as reports of radical gains come
in. The democrats have dn Overwhelming
majority of the legislature and five odt Of eight
congressman. The following official returns
of majOritiCs for MerrimOn have been received