New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-21
NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS.
ADMINISTRATION ARRESTS.


rosnondents OF Northern Journals Entirely DESTITUTE OF
railroads and dependent, during the summer Wo uo
rivers are low 20 allow the small hat-oo''Oou steam
ra Tn mass over the numerous sandbars upon sem or
Mt best tri-weekly mailbucgies for communication DC
,yvaen tho small towns which generally lie ABOUT 70
miles apart travel Is anything bat rapid or agreeaoo
The proyerbal unhealhiness OF the climate anu 'no
prevalence of malarial diseases the mi'Ion'
OF musketoes and she intense heat have also done n
share 10 keep strangers out OF the country Ana ye'
This part OF the state has many attractions iS gu'
sandy soil which in the North would hardly supports
crop OF pine trees really the best cotton apd IN the
state and though there few cities or towns OF any
Importance the population is denser the farms larger
and better cultivated the houses and outbuhdngs pet
ter and more commodlous and the people rcher thah III
the central and western portions Of the State II was IN
the cotton fields that slave labor was, before the war;
the most profitable and 1t Is, therefore In the eastern
counties that find the black population SO greatly
outnumbering the whites and not only controhnS the
counties In which they i've but hoolhS inc oa'"oo Vi
power In the entire State.
CONTESTS PREVENTED BY HEAVY GRANT MAJORTTIEs.
These eastern counties are also the field in which Mar
shal CarrOw Senator are believed TO have spent
the greater part Of their corruption fund during the
State canvass which closed month ago. Both OF these
gentlemen reside this section, Clrrows home being
in Washington in Beaufort County, and Pools In Eliza
beth City in Pasquotau County In some Of the coun-
ties the Radical maotes so large that the Conscrva-
tives have IN measure demor'ized ana without
effective organization. They have not douDIeu th''
frauds have been committed every year, but as no
amount contest could change the result the OohseV%
tive candidates for local Office who alone have facilities
for unearthng frauds. felt little or no interest ID
the matter and Pool and Carlow carried on their WORK
of swelling the majortes for the purpose OF electng
the State Congress tickets with mpunity 10 sho"
how large majority protects fraud, need only com
pare the results OF the adjoining counties Of EdgecOmDe
and Pitt IL the former the negroes have the largest
vote In the State giving Caldwell majority OF 1878 IN
total vote OF 1875 The voting population OF that county
according 70 the census OF 1870 5,2l2 Since that
time the line between Nash and Edgecombe counties
has been changed throwing at least 400 voters from the
latter inio former, and hundreds of negroes nave
emigraed south the turpentine woods and to Work
upon railroads. very few Of whom nave ever feJurheu
The Intelligent white people believe that the voting pop
ulaton OF Elgecombe County Is at least 1000 less
than it was IN 1870 and yet tho vote on the LIST OF
August was within 2S5 Of the voting strength oi tne
county as reported IN 1870. In Halifax County
when the vote was found to have exceeded the voting
strength as reported by the Che census was I'M
peached In gccom5e leading Radical told me that
ne "reckonrd" the correct, and attempted
"a give no explanation Of the excessive vote except By
calling my attention 10 the fact that the Conservative
yo,o had been doubled since Thisis easily explained
by the that before the last election the Conservatives
Of the county out to vote; they WERE how,
ever included the returns. careful poll OF
the white citizens in the county was made just before
election, and showed that there were about 50
voted for Caldwell, and 40 stayed at home. In view OF
these facts tae Conservatives believe that from 800 to
LOO Illegal votes cast in the county, and yet
doubt If they Will be able to prove single one The
Conservative candidates for county Office believe that
they were cheated but, they know that they
could prove enough fraudulent votes to defeat
opponents they will probably take measures TO
prove any the vote of the county must stand as it
unless the State Committee sends some one there to
work up the evidence.
ILLEGAL VOTERS IN PITT COUNTY TO BE INDICTED.
In this, Pitt County, the state of things is exactly
versed The voting population here reported IN
have been $780, ard the vote cast has not varied
from that in any OF the last three elections Par
ties also very evenly divided in this county Ships
majority in 1870 the majority against the COnven
ton in 1871 ca, and MerrmOn's majority this year
vast At the same time Quinerly, the Radical cand
date for Sheriff, this declared elected by five
majority and one two Radical candidates for County
COmmssionerships chosen by majOrites not much
larger. Here then, there some encouragement for
The defeated candidates make investigation and the
result is that positive proof has been found that at
least 80 Illegal votes cast for the Radical ticket
Twelve Of these votes cast by boys who under
age about half dozen Illegally registered the
day Of election, and the remainder cast by
residents OF the county township which they voted
Notices OF contest have been served and the contests
10 he decided by the County Commissioners next Mon
day. Gentlemen who are employed as counsel for the
contestants that they have the witnesses to
only succeed in the contests but procure the indic
nent the illegal voters II this done, the evidence
WILL OF course, be furnished to MerrmOn for in his
contest next Winter.
THB ATTORNEY GENERALS rEARNED sUB0RDTNATEs.
might be well TO call the attention Of AttOrneyGen
era Williams the class Of officers he has in this and
other counties this State and the In which
United States laws are executed here. The United
States Commissioner in this county is Calvin Cox.
will repeat any OF the reports have heard about
him have been here, from Conservative
half OF them true he ought TO be in the Peniten-
tary-but will give two instances Of the manner
in which he dOles out justce-Or iDjustcein the
Of the Federal Government. On Tuesday last, Con- |
servative poll-holder named Laughinghouse was ar
Tagned before Cox for violating the second section
the Enforcement aet-intmidating voter. 1t appears
that before the election, Wm. L. Cherry |
OF this place, who is Clerk OF the Superior |
Court, civil magistrate and Mayor of town, was
making speech at of the country precincts. Some
In the crowd asked him TO tell the audience how he
caught Democrats His reply was Il set log trap, bait
IL with rotten herring, and when they for IT, drap
EN-" QuineTly the man inundated, the radi-
cal candidate for Sheriff -Four years he the
Democratic ticket for the office. and has been
Democrat until few months ago, when a warrant was
issued for his arrest for violating the Internal Revenue
law relating to tobacco He bound 10 appear
the United States Court Immediately became Re-
publican, and has not only been troubled by the
United States officers but has been rewarded with the
best Office IN the county. These explanations
say to an UNDERSTANDING OF the case before the Commits
eiOner.
The warrant in the case against Laughinghouse was
sworn out by Ed A Smith, ehum OF Roach the Deputy
Marshal who did much shooting here the other day
&hen placed upon the stand he knew nothing at all
been forged or that he had perjured himself when he
swOre 10 It. Quinery, the man inundated, next
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