The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-05
NORTH CAROLINA AWAKE AND
LEADING TEE LIBERAL COLUMN.
The Hopes Of the Radicals Revived
only TO be DIsappointed-Merri
Election Certatn-The Majority Less
than at First Reported-Oaly Seven
teen Small Counties to be Heard from
The Republicans Concede the State
10 tho Liberals.
WASHINGTON. August4--le P. NJ.

New YORK, August 3.
a Raleigh dispatch to the Herald says It
may take tie official count To give the result
in Norlh Carolina. Democrats there claim
majority of two or three thousand. The Re-
publlcans, however, decline to give up the
result, although the Era, the Republican organ
OF the State, comedies the election Of herrl-
mon by small majority. -
A World special says Merrlmon thinks his
majority will be six thousand. i-CG ,s.L-s. 2
The Times is unwilling to- givethe State to
the Democrats, and thinks 1t may take Mon
day to settle the question. ~ -..sg
The Tribune rejoices over the victory, claim
ing one thousand majority In the State at the
lowest. s,-tt.tsr, s,.,ci a
The Democrats fred lone hundred guns in
tie City Hall Park;this noon In honor OF the
victory In North Carolina. The firing party
carried banner with the words, "North Car
ollna pronounces In favor of Reconciliation,
Union and Peace.p ,S7s g.,
Later.
NEW YORK, August A.
A Raleigh special to the Herald says that the
returns from North Carolina come inso slowly,
and are 90 confused and conflicting, as to in
crease the general doubt and uncertainty as.to
the actual result. The Democrats assert that
their candidate is elected by fifteen hundred to
two Thousand majority, and the Republicans
claim the same majority fol. their candidate.
One dispatch states that Caldwell (Republican)
has gained about twenty Ave hundred owe. the
10 "a gy,1 ,Iovl,r.o 90
urday sixty-three counties showed Repub-
lican gain Of fifteen hundred and fifty over the
vote of 1870. Alater dispatch states that sew
enty-one counties give Caldwell Republican
gain OF 2737 over the vote of 1870, leaving
1858 to be overcome by the Republicans In the
remaining twenty-one counties.
From Raleigh, Direct.
RALEIGH, N. c., August 3.
The greatest excitement has prevailed In
the city all day, caused by the reception of
official returns from the eastern couRties,
which reduced the gains of the Merrimon
ticket In those counties. The Radicals were
much elated by the news, and were jubilant
over the prospect of success. Even bets were
offered and taken on tho result.
A telegram Just received gives omclal re-
turns from seven counties In the Eighth Con-
gressional District, which gives Merrlmon
gain of one thousand one hundred and seven
ty-nlne on Shipp's vote of 1870. This decides
beyond peradventure the election OF Merri-
mon. Official Information from the First Dis
trict Indicates that Cobb (Republican) will be
elected to Congress by small majority. The
election of Leach (Democral) in the Fifth Dis
trict ls confirmed by the evening dispatches.
Mitchell and Rutherford Counties, In the
Eighth District, formerly Republican, have
elected full Conservative county and leglsla-
tive tickets. 1t is believed that the General
Assembly will have seventy-three Conserva-
tive majority on joint ballot
Impressions at Wilmington.
WILMINGToN, August 4.
The Journal of to-day says: TN ffty-six
counties there is loss OF one thousand three
hundred and fifteen. Three countles-Pllt,
Forsythe and Yancey, give now the same ma
jorities as two years ago. So our list really
embraces ifty-Dine counties, or two.lhirdS OF
the? State. Onslow, Brunswick and few
OlucE COuuLlco arc uot CLioioSou, tioiS pStn6
no material change In these counties. II
this loss Is continued In the remaining thir-
ty counties Merrimon's majority will be
about three thousand. II the remain
Ing counties vote as they did In 1871, when we
lost the State by more than nine thousand,
Merrimon would still be elected by one
thousand. Therefore we feel that we are quite
safe in saying that We have elected our State
ticket. We believe the Legislature Is Demo-
cratic by two-thirds in both branches, thus In.
suring the submission of the constitutional
amendments to the people for their ratification
The Very Latest.
RALEIGH, August 40 P. NJ.
Official and partial returns have been re-
ceIved from seventy-1ve counties, which re-
duce the Shipp majority to some two. thou
sand. The remaining seventeen counties are
mostly small, and will not materially change
these figures The Republicans concede The
State to the Liberals by from fifteen hundred
to twenty-five hundred majority. There Is
stllfintense interest felt in the result, as the
Democrats are slow to believe Ia q victory
until the fact Is established. The rejoicing in
the State will be great as soon as the positive
returns exhibit the election of the Democratic
ticket.
TEyE NEWs IN NWdSHTNGTnN