The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-02
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTIONS
LARGE CONSERVATIVE GAINS
EVERYWHERE.
The State Ticket Probably Elected.
DEMOCRATS AND CONSERVATIVES JUBI-
LIANT.

RALEIGH, August 1.-At this writing @ |
O'Clock p. NJ it appears that the election has
passed off without any disturbance Of the
peace in any part of the State. The one hun |
drcd fights predicted by the correspondent of
the New York ItmcS certainly did not come
off, and the Radicals will have nothing upon
which to base charges OF foul play. as they
had entire control of the lallot-boXeS. In
this city the election was perhaps the quictcst
ever known. The negroes cOn@rcgatcd III
large numbers about the polls and the Fed
cral detectives We're omniprcScnt but the
Conservative Voters. determined to give no
excuse or opportunity for Il row, only went
to the polls to vote and walked away.
When person attempted to vote Illegally his
right was quietly but firmly challenged, and
the decision accepted without question. One
of the votes thrown out was that of Il car
pct-ngwcr, who has voted ever since the war
aud actually held the Office of city treasurer,
although he is Il native of foreign country
and unnatllraliZcd.
An incident worthy of notice, is showing
the interest manifested by the Admini>tra-
ton officials in the election. WAS the presence
of Mr. Perry, the supervisor of internal rcvc-
nllc. as ticket distributor for the negroes.
At night lrgc crowds gathered at the
newspaper and telegraph offices to receive
the returns. As | write, several prominent
Radicals are sitting near me, conSollnT them
selves with dispatches from the detectives
scattered over the state by the United States
Government. An army officer is with them,
and seems also to be i good deal Interested.
The vote here on the Congrc ,>ional candi-
dates shows Il majority of j6S for Smith
NtadicaD. which the Conservatives claim Is Il
.clin for them of about 2OO hut Rogers did
not poll the full strength Of his party; and it
will be late before the figures a. to the Gov
ernor>hip will be known.
The general returns received are very
mcanrc and few of these official. In the ap-
pended summary Of dispatches there are
statements of gains which must not be too
much relied on, Us some of these reporting
base their estimates OH the vote for Attorney
General in 1870, and others on that of the
Convention question III 1871. The Conscr-
vativcs generally consider the former as the
last party vote and the reports Of gains arc
generally, therefore, founded thereon. There
is another reason why these reported gains
or losses should not bc considered decisive
at this election.
Citizens are required to vote at the pre-.
cinct in which they register At the election
in 1870 they might register in one place and
vote in another. The following is summl-
rv of the telegraph received by the Dispatch
correspondent from various sources up to
o'clock A. NJ:
In Weldon the vote stood Caldwell. 42l
Merrinon, 2l5; Il Conservative gain of lol
the largest vote since the war polled here.
Twelve negroes voted the Conservative
ticket.
Three townships in Beaufort show large
Conservative gums.
High Point, Conservatives gain %; Clay
ton, johnson county, so Conservative gain.
Godsboro': Merrimon, 4o4; Caldwell. 324;
Conservative gain Of l2o.
In Craven the Radicals lose 300; gain, 81.
Wake Forest. Wake, Conservatives gain
10.
Company's Shops, Alamancc county, IS
Conservative gain.
Rowan, Conservative majority, $50; Radi-
cal gain of l3G.
Freeman township, Franklin county, Con-
servative gain of II. Davidson county, 100.
Conservative majority, 20; gain ~.
Mecklcnburg, 80 Conservative majority;
gain 125.
Nash county, Ga Conservative gain in two
townships.
Enfield, Conservative gain IS.
Edgecombc county. 14j; Conservative
gain in two townships.
Seaboard, Conservative gain 10; MaSno-
Iia. Conservative gain 81; ThomaSyillc,
Davidson county, $50 Radical gain; Hcndcr-
son, gain of about ); Warren, probable
Conservative gain of 200.
Greensboro: A small gain for the Radicals
probable. Brunswick county: Northwest
township, 81. Small Conservative gain III
DupIin. Wilmington gives 154 Conserva-
tive gain in one ward. Hillsboro', % Radi-
cal majority. Cabarras county: Eight out OF
seventeen townships give Merrimon Con
237 majority-a gaiu of 203--and
Ashe (Conservative) for Congress, 2f4-a
gain of 237. Other townships will increase
the majority and gains in this county.
Rockingham: Large Conservative gains.
Three townships give $50 Conservative ma
jority.
The gains in the counties heard from at
1:30 4. NJ. are rs follows: Cons .ryatiyc,
. 2,O07 Radical, 4l0.
Second Dispatch.
RALEIGH, n. c., August Lit would be
folly to attempt any accurate estimates OF the
result from the returns now in hand but
the outlook is certainly most encouraging, for
the worst tidings were to be expected from
the earliest returns. Some OF the backest
negro counties will roll in their dishearten-