The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-01


The contest for the shrieValty will be the
tnp of war. Here Greek meets Greek IN tne
nersous OF Bowen and Mackey, the great mo-
euls of their respective factions. Tne otner
candidates are Mr.. c. B. Sigwald, on the Re
form or Conservative ticket; DR.. W. D. T. AT
nau. q Christ Church planter; John Hall, a oark
colored man belonging 10 this eily; ana MACON
B. Alien, coored, of the law firm OF "nipper'
Elliott & Allen.
For coroner, Colonel W. N. Taft, the pres
emf incumbent, is the Mackey canoloaIe, d.
thounh Deputy Sheriff John a. Musnlng'on,
oo,ored ia also spoken of as the choice OF the
Msckevites. It may be that Taft has higher
asniralions, but, of course, If he wishes TO oe
CON iuued in the snug office Of coroner, he
will have the whole strength OF the Maekey
faction. The BoweDites. 1t is said, will make
choice between B. q. Hoyt, white, OF st.
Andrews Parish; William Oliver, colored, OF
the Customhouse, and William A. Grant, also
colored. The Delauy candidate is said TO De
John W. Miller, white, and Mr.. Ostendorf is
spoken of as the choice Of The Reformers.
For clerk of the Circuit Court, MIR. A. q.
Richmond, the present Incumbent, will have
the full support of the Bowenites. DelanS's
| tollowers appear to have settled on >. r.
Howard, colored, foreman of the grand jury,
and nm il-defned body of outsiders nave
| named Samuel Lee, a very respectable Color
| ed barber of this city.
The sollcitorship of the First judicial Dis
trct will be contested for by Messrs. Luclus
G. Northrop, E. B. seabrook, John e. MackeS
and - Cook, white, and by L. ]. Taylor,
colored The first named is understood TO pe
Rowen,s candidate, and the last named De-
lanv,s while the others are the candidates
respectively OF Messrs. Seabrook, Mackey and
Cook.
For county commissioners there appears to
to be no lack of willing and self-sacrihcing pa
tllots. The present Observation-Disclosures
lin, Miller and Gregory-coud all be Induced
to remain, while Isaac Reed, Robinson Thorn.
as aud Thomas E. Dl1oD, colored, and about
twenty-five others would be equally willing to
relieve them. Mr.. C. Dunneman is also spo-
ken of as Reform candidate.
For school commissioner, Aaren Logan, col.
lored member of the Legislature, trial Justice,
&C., is about the only prominent candidate
vet named in the Radical ranks.
For State senator W. R. Jervey ls spoken OF
as the Bowen candidate, and Reuben Tomlin-
son as the Mackey representative. 1t Is also
rurlored that Lieutenant-G Governor Ransier
has areverslonary eye upon this office, In the
event of the failure of his Congressional
aspirations.
This completes the list of county officers,
except the members of the lower house of the
Legislature, and for these positions the candl.
dates are far too numerous to mention. All Of
the late members are 10 the field, except
Bowen and Elliott, and fully half hundred
beside. OF these the most prominent are the
following, oil of whom are colOred: Paris
Williams, Henry G. Thomas, Cyrus Gaillard,
Robert Turner, Thos. Aiken, W. A. Grant, j.
J. Grant. VIM. F. Dover, Theo. Dupree. Chris.
Burke, Jno. Freeman, Peter Ash, Geo. Philips,
N. A. Quinn, N. T. Spencer, A. Artope, Henry
Thompson, W. G. Pinckney, Prlmus Green, J..
Prioleau, Jas Hutchinson, Adam Small, Cyrus
Rivers, Ben. Capers, Ben. Myers, Edward
Petty. and about every third man OF the usual
crowd of dusky .faneatrs about the square at
the Junction of Broad and Meeting streets.