The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-05
General Reisssinss, asee., dc.


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Special telcsrains TO The Dispatch " r.lg
sRNslgH, n. c., august General Leach
certainly beats Thomas Settle, the President
Grants convention candidate, by 800 votes.
-. al 4, Second Dispatch. 2, i'"s,i :, ~. s
RALEIGH, n. c., August 3.--The western
counties are mostly heard fFpnn,,, Tie fellow
ing are Conservative gaiiis:t Henderson, 81;
Madison,'79 Haywood, go Mitchell, 200 ;
Caldwell, i6S; Rutherford, s6 Mcdowell,
sO2. Gross gaibs, ,1ol. The Radicals gain
in Yancey and "a in Buncombe. Net gain
for Conservatives in these counties, 1,079.
This is thought to insure the State for Merri-.
mon beyond doubt. .r 1n,.r.,,,
t:3.j 3h'rd Dispatch, ,.,.;,,:r,.,s
RALE1Gn,, N. c., August 3.-Quite a panic
was created among the Conservatives this
morning by the reception, one following an
other in quick succession, of reports from
counties in which the Radicals had made
great gains. These, reyerses were to lie ex-
pected, as I stated in my dispatches last
night, by a1li who knew that the blaekest me-
gro counties were, yet TO be- heard from.
Indeed, the reports ought to have been re.
ceiyed, on the night CT the election, but fail
ing to conne,,; Conservatives here became
jelated and those abroad were induced to es-
ltiuate. the majority entirely too high. 1rt6, I,
In order to comprehend fully the extent
of the probable Liberal victory in North
| Carolinpit ought to be remembered that the
State was carried against q constitutional
convention in 1871 by d majority of 10000,
and the Republicans being ,solidly opposed
to the holding of convention, always
ckimed the result of, TINT election as great
Republican triumph on that ground. They
claimed victory tlriS time by at least $4,000,
and admitting their view Of the vote on the
convention question, Merrimon's mJority,
which IS yet to be ascertained, must be added
to The 10000 in order to find out the extent
Of the Conservative gains. With the pres
| tige Of this assumed success with indict
ments held over the heads Of thousands Of in.
nocent citizens, and threats Of prosecution il
case they voted with the Conservatives; witt
battalions of tile regular army at the beck ano
call of a myriad of United States marshals
with tile whole patronage Of the Fedel7,
Government, and forty, thousand dollars O
its money distributed throughout the st.te
the Radicals were few, days before the cleo
tion ready to offer any odds on an increased
Radical minority, and the Conservative
would at any moment have compromised, OIL
five hundred majority on the State ticket
ialthough, of course, they hoped for more
! AS, it i, the eretsBns indicate e majority o
from 5000 to, 5000 on the general ticket, an'
the gain of a United States, senator and one
if not two, gnemhers Of the House of Repre-
sentatives. The following Is list of coun
ties in which the Conservatives hiadeisgaih
on the, Shipp vote of 1906 Alaa,ance, sos
Anson, 6e,;' ,Bladen, SO; Burke, %; 'Cabar
ras, S7a; Caldwell, l7S; Carter, 265;. ca
tawba, 6 !; Dayic,. o.; Duplin, i6S; Edge
comb, 1G7; Forsyth, 40; Lenoir, Is; Frank
lin, 81 {; Gie .ne,e 5S; Haywood, 12s; Hert
ford, 76; Henderson, 1902; Mcdowell, 121
Mitchell, 200; Madison, 20; (; Meckienburs
| 1S5 Pitt, ~; Richmoud, q; Rpbeson, 70
tRowan, 81 RutherforJ, So; stanly, sGl
! Uuiop, s96; Warren, 125; Wayney ya4a yfa44aa1 -.
Il Ia the folIowiDg-named cogpBBttises the Radi
| Gals have gained: BIHComb, "a; Camden
225; ChasHafn Cbowan, IA; Craven ant
PampIiees 2Sa sunderland, G3; Davidson
Los; CaswclI. 1885,. CASTOR, 16; ,uranvi'le
IsJSe; GuiRord, %; Halifax, no; Iredell
fl94; johnson, 800; Lincoln, 1872; Moore
| 90; Nash, 17y; New Hanover, D2;. Onslow
100 Orange, .93 pasquotank, iii; Perqul
mans, iii; Person, 55; Stokes, 1s9; Ran
,Iolpt, 81; Rockingham, 1873; Wake, 49,
washington, 200; Wilson, 76; Yadkin, $50
Yancey, 1; Sampson, 1S9.
4 In sixty.three counties from which com
plete or partial returns have now been re
eiyed the Radical gains exceed those Of tn
| Conservatives 1850 votes compared with th
vote cast In 1870. II ia the remainder Q
1.-THE State the same ratio OF gains and losses
preserved, Merrimon' majority Will be aboa
500; but if the counties ,upheard from d
| rs well as they did in 1870, as the conserya
| lives have reason TO hope that they viii
| Merrimon's majority viii be about 1000
greater. If so, the Conservative ggaip on th
Republican basis Of ealcalation-.he ,conyen
| tion vote Of 1s7l--wiil be more than 1860
/ The effect of the indictment Of iigppr' dis
ltillers in the United States courts. In order &
l influence their votes by fear Of prosecution
EBas seen in Yadkin aud ether whiskey eoun
ities in large Radical gains. Some Of th
| western counties, however, in which th'
IRsdicals expected gains from TINS g eauSe s an .
! the prosecution cf alleged kuklix, increase.
sshelr niajoritias. =. 5.,slsTs''
is, Of the counties yet 20 ibs heard from
majority are In the west-some beyond tn
| BIue Ridge-and they are counted on 70
1 sssanserYatiye gains Nothing reliable cal
iRlheard from them until Monday. n
| !, The Conservative cong gressIneii elected an
iJ. A. Waddeil, James A. Leach, Thonaas
,sao Roharf n Vance. and william Fol