The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-17
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Chicago Tribune expresses the opinion
that fully four.fl .flfths Of the German vote Of
Illinois Will be cast for Greeley and Koerner.
Judge Hancock, chairman Of the Grant
signed and will support Greeley.
AT the Conservative Convention OF the
Richmond District, on Wednesday, Mr.. Geo.
D. Wise, at present commonwealth attorney,
from the city, was nominated for Congress.
Secretary Boutwell, will deliver several
campaign speeches In Pennsylvania next
month. He might as well save himself the
trouble.
Colonel W. R. Myers, of Charlotte. North
Carolina, who entertained Secretary Bout
we'll when In that place on his recent stump.
Ing tour. has now repudiated Grant and de-
ciared his Intention to vote for Greeley
The Atlanta correspondent OF the Savan-
nah Republican writes that Messrs. Toomos
and Stephens will take no part IN tha dts.
organizing movement OF the "stralgat,outers,
but preserve "a mastery Inactivity In re-
laIion to the Democratic nominees, whom
they prefer not to support, and have decided
no ioRger to oppose.
The secretary of the Liberal Republican
State committee OF Ohio writes from Colum-
bus as follows: "Qur people think we shall
carry the State. A letter from well inform
ed German in Cleveland says seventy five per
cent. of the German Republican element is
with us. and that there are three thousand
Liberal Republicans in Cuyahoga County.
The German Democratic Union general
committee held q special meeting In New
York on Tuesday evening, 10 form commit
tee Of arrangements for demonstratloh 10
| ratlfy the nomlnatlon Of Greeley ana brown
Jointly with the Tammany general committee.
a communication of the fammaDy general
committee on the subject was read and res
olutlan passed 10 form committee or one
from each ward delegation. The committee
was appointed.
MIR. Goodloe, of North Carolina, men,
Der of the Liberal national committee, says
that there Is no doubt but that the North
Carolina Legislature will award the guber-
material ohaIr to Mr.. Merrimon, at Its meeting
on the third Monday In November, as evil
dence of fraud and illegal voting sufficient has
been collected to destroy Caldwell's alleged
majority. He states that numbers OF colored
men from other States were registered and
voted like cattle, and that they came In the
State via the Dismal Swamp canal.
souri,, now nearly eighty years OF age, and an
ultra Democrat, has written letter to Colonel
Peter SAKE, of California which gives most
sensible view of the situstlon. he says: II
am against all banks. all monopolles, all sub
sides, any and all tariffs, high salaries and
heavy foe bills, and In favor Of direct taxa
ton. With all this. have no trouble In sup
pOCLlDE GrSeley. III uoopordle uBub, We
should pick mp the best club to beat our ene-
mics over the head"
"A special dispatch from Washington to
the Traveller says that Nr. Greeley has written
the following 10 one Of his political friends In
that oily:
BRADFORD, N. a., August l3.
Dear Judge-Yours of the 3d nnds me here.
TIE news from North Carolina did not Justify
the frat reports, but II We work hard am
sure we will carry It in November. We shall
carry New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York
and New Jersey. This IL the extent of onr
| work In the East. The rest will have 10 b1
done In the South and West. Yours very
truly, HORACE GREELEY.