Year: 1872

RECEIVING ELECTION RETURNS AT RALElOh-


THEIR UNSATISFACTORY NATURE.


RALEIGH. Aug. 1.-The interest in the result of the
election ia very intense in Raleigh to night Soon
after sunset the newspaper men established
themselves in the telegraph office, and
were Joined by about a dozen Federal Office
holders who began to receive dls-
patches from other officials stationed in other
cities Next, the commandant OF the troops STA
toned here arrived, and then the crowd came In


filing the entire room But the air of the telegraph
office was not agreeable TO the Administration men;
almost all of the returns received lbdi-
Gated Conservative gains, and they soon
ordered the Mayors Office to be prepared
for them, and removed their headquarters
to that place. taking along the Grant correspondents
with them They have been exceedingly blue and
discouraged all day, and are no more cheerful this
evening, having evidently made up their minds to
be beaten. All of the returns thus far received
indicate that the vote to-day the largest ever
cast in the State This increase in the east where the
negroes predominant means of course gains for the
Administration, while in the West it means victory
for the Conservatives. All of the returns received
tonight are very unsatisfactory as far az indicating
the result is concerned for several reasons In the


first place il is impossible to tell on what vote the
gains OF losses reported computed. whenever
they are sent by active Conservative POLITICIANS
they are gains losses over the vote lot Aitoihey
General in 1870 but where they are sent by the tele
graph operators they may refer to the vote OF loo
or to the vote on the Constitutional Convention ID
1871 Another reason why the scattering returns
received tonight give little idea how the state mas
gone as a change in the voting law has been made
since 1870 Previous that time electors were not
required to vote at the precinct where they were
registered, and the negroes, therefore, Hooked INTO
the cities and large towns and their votes appeared
in the returns from those cities or towns Now
every man has to vote in the precinct where
he is registered and this fact may make
apparent Conservative gains in the cities which are
heard from first but which may be neutralized when
the returns from the townships come in. Still the
reports received up to midnight are very encOnrag-
ing and the most experienced Conservative poll
ticans here feel very confident that the State has
gone for Merrimon by majority Of about 5000.


The returns Of the vote for members of Congress
are even more meage than those the State ticket
The result in the First District is doubtful,
and may be for several days, as the vote IN
that District is close aud several of the conn
ties very remote. The Only town yet heard
from in the whole District is Beaufort. and the
only news from there that the Conservatives have
made a gam in the Hid District. Charles H. Thomas,
Administration is surely elected by from 1900 TO TO-
coo majority in the Hid District; A. NJ. Wadde ls
surely reelected though estimate can yet be made
of his majority in the IVth District The election OF
the Hon. Sion II. Rogers is very probable
scattering returns have been received from Wake
Johnson Nash, Franklin and Granville Counties, all
of which indicate that the Conservatives have
gained over the vote for. Ship in 1870 when
these counties combined gave more than
1000 Democratic majority In the Nth Dlstnct,
j. NJ Leach. Conservative. will probably beat
Settle by very small majority few returns
have been received from Alamance. Guilford, and
Davidson Counties in this district, and conservative
gains are reported in each This and the Fourth
District are the most doubtful i'll the State. Two IN
the Sixth District. Thomas ;. Ashe, Conservative,
will have between 1000 aud 1000 majority over
Dockery the present member. Mecklenberg is the
only county in this district heard from, ana that
viii give a Conservative gain over ships vote IN
1870 In the With District there Is no donbt OF
the election of w NJ. Robins, Conservative. by at
least $500 majority Rowan County is the
only one in this district yet heard from, ana the
Administration party seems to have made gam
there No returns from the With District can De
received before tomorrow afternoon. but there ~
not the slightest doubt that r. b. Vance, Conserva-
tive is chosen by at least 5000 majority.