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majority, of but in a total voto of over 2,300. ' -. : If the other counties ih ihu Stiile .had done as well as these, Caldwell's majority would bo about 30,X)0;'nor would the result be different, if, inste-.id of taking the whole cta, we select only those counties in it which gave Merrimon majorities. Frout l'umeroy'i. Democrat, .Us :i . Greeley and Death. The election of Greeley will death of the Democratic party us; ja power in the land. It will be the suc cess of a wicked, unprincipled, uhpr-, litical scheme to so demoralize all par- xy lines, as 10 open the way ror a m-r-j ouiiai ruim-r man u national uu minis,, tration. It will be the signal to forevej aoanaon honorable parly organization for such profits; as will come from the forming of rings, or banding together for a time of such men and elements ai$ aim directly for personal power, great gains "and dishonest perquisites of oft lice, ever at the expense oi the industri-j ous. : His administration would be in not wise Democratic' It would benothingf more than a succession of Greeley! ex periments. With no definite aim or object in view. I He would surround himself witht those to whom he is solemnly pledged to Tweed, Hall, Sweeny, Belmont, and that class of corrupt, plundering. reckless political tricksters who so long' have boasted their ability to control1 the entire Democratic party of the country with money, It would throw the finances of .the country into the keeping of August Belmont, the American agent for the'. Bank of England and for the Iloths chiids: whose money he, as Chairman of the National Democratic Committee, used, as we know, to throw the nomina tion at Baltimore away from the Demo crats, and for the nomination of a man in sympathy with England and oppos ed to every principle of Free Trade. Oddwcll's great gains are toe found, then, in counties where Conservative inspectors are numerous, or even pre dominant, and, no less, in counties from which subalterns sent the news without a whisper of fraud; and with regard to which no whispei of fraud was uttered, until it was seen how the returns affected the general result. Moreover, the gains are to be found Hcattered all over the State"; on the ocean, on the State lines ofNTennessee, Virginia and South Carolina, in the lxjsom of the Mountains, on th Albe marle and Pamlico Sounds, and also in the centre of the State. Upon the other hand, the greatest gains for Merrimon (proportional, or other) were made in counties giving " Conservative majorities, with thestnall exception of Polk county (in which ho gained 55, on a total vote of 650, In 1870). We cite the counties of Ala mance, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Carteret, Clay. McDowell. Macon, Stanly and Union. , The general aspect of the case, then is, not only, that the Republican party won Its recent victory in the face of an cerg of such use and power to any and and using them as its instruments. an uisnonesi administrations, i The present political campaigns so far is but a a scramble for office. It is but a contest for plunder. tiw Mitimiioii and Prospect. ...tk r iiYimnrliatelv after the I J ?fs f TTnrace Greeley the bo tlie TWvwi-uff Hnnvention at Hal- tiinorc. his ehances ceraum . p ; foUldibfo md jsflel the e or ; his friends. There was xu ,l(u defection in his favor, that he mustered at Cincinnati in considerable strength : nr., nn,i xvhirh was led by Senators lit luuitauu ... --- - T , Schurz and Fenton, Governor John A. Palmer, and other men of prominence and supposed influence, and quite a, number of former Republican papers, including the two great Tribunes, yere on the same siae. dchwi uu nau not pronounced, but was known to be against the President, and apprehen sions were felt as to the possible direc tion of the colored vote at his sugges tion. North Girolina, too, had not voted and was in doubt, ana the air was full of rumors as to the next "lead er" who would embrace. Liberalism. The disaffection . in the Democratic ranks smouldered, and many imagined had died but altogether, and the Liber al forces, like a great raDDie iet loose for a day, filled the air with boastings of fu ture victory. No liepuDiican gave the fiirht up. but all who read and thought realized that under the then existing circumstances the party was going into what promised to be the closest and, hardest-fought battle in its history. . . , , , i Since that time the original body of Liberals has not only ceaseu 10 grow. but actually begun to decline. They are Republicans, ana expected tneir al lies would be. but the utterances of Judsre. Black aud Congressman Beck and General Hodge do not confirm the COKK15SPONDENCK. Ttie Editor must -not be understood as endort the sentiments of Ills correct p.-udents. iminicutiun on uil subjects :irv Folinltwl, h"vjll bo'fciv.ni to tho readers of Tiik Eha eontfilnlns; llioviown and Kt-ntlineEn nf the writers - , J unscrupulous force and unfairness, more ' or iess pervading the whole State, but, that it gained its most conspicuous local successes under the unfriendly eyes of adverse local majorities: Upon the oth er hand the Conservative party has run well, mostly where it ran unchecked; where all the machinery of inspection, returns, and canvassing was In its own hands. Note the diversity! Where our cause wears so innocent a coutenance, we welcome investigation, so far as party interests are concerned, with a confidence shaken by nothing but a reflection upon the character of the witnesses which the earlier stages of this case show to be at the command of the Conservative party, and as well, uon what has been already done in the counties of Brunswick and Martin. the encouragement of American indus expectation. "They see the Democratic try or the relieving or the country of ; party, wmcn uiey Bijww.iuuiMuie- tne army or collectors ana revenue om- graiei insisting upuu i wgaiuaiuou a using: mem asii luauumcuia. as v m - ...! 1 L 1 a- conseauence rney are wiiiiurawinsr rrom the coalition every day. Senator Sumner has indicated his course in the i campaign, and the one he would have thft mofi hft has befriended tread, in r Those who press him forward are the jetter that has been more than answer ed by his co-laborers in the anti-slave ry clause. The colored vote is still as solid for the party of the Union as were the ranks of the black regiments at Port Hudson. The North Carolina election has been held, and the verdict is in fa vor of the Republican party and Presi dent Grant. The electoral vote of the disappointed office-seekers of the Re publican party, and the dishonored wire-pullers of the Democratic party. We are not asked to work for Greeley's election to benefit the country, jto strengthen honesty, encourage reform' or advance the principles of Democra cy. It is simply to beat Grant. The Democrats of New York City South, it is now admitted, will be pret- Elcction Frauds in North Carolina The Oclflial Disclosure. Hon. Samuel Phillips, Chairman of the North Carolina State Executive Committee, stated in his great speech in pay direct from the city treasury for in isew Berne, at the grana celebration the support, strengthening, gratifica who go ror ureeiey are the very ones who so long have robbed the people Who have pardoned criminals and incarcerated innocent men . Who have bought, paid for, owned venal Judges, hungry editors and pro fessional jurymen - I Who have stolen, as shown by the vouchers and records, millions upon millions from the overburdened tax payers of New York . f Who have squandered millions of dollars upon the most degraded ele ment to secure votes Who have for years kept horses, har lots, hirea rumans, inuraerers ana all that class Greeley once so denounced. of the Republican State victory, that the official returns of the recent elec tion from all of the strong Republican counties, show a Republican gain of only 14 per cent, in these counties, - whereas the Democratic gain in these same counties is 23 per cent., which official count locates fraud, if.any com mitted, on the Democrotic side. Mr. Phillips also stated, that the counties borderincrou the line of South Carolina . irtre prenieiMtated and the cry of stop thief" was heard before the election, that the official returns show a Repub lican loss in all of these counties, and Democratic gains, showing that if tlfere were any frauds committed in these counties it was also on the Democratic side. Mr. Phillips further stated, that the strong- Republican gains are in the Democratic counties, as shown by the official returns, and where there could bo no frauds committed by the Repub licans, as the Democratic inspectors and poll holders had charge of the ballot boxes and conducted the election. Therefore, this official exhibit of the election returns disposes of all cavil and charges of Republican frauds In North Carolina. In fact, we are unable to see how frauds could be committed at the biillot box under the act of the Legi lature, if complied tcith, which requires that the inspectors of elections in this Stafe shall be composed of equal num bers of both parties. It is only in those Democratic counties where this law was disregarded by failing to appoint Republican inspectors, that frauds could be committed, one of which is Caswell county, where three hundred colored voters were not allowed to vote, who were legally entitled to vote, and whose affidavits, we learn, have been obtained to this effect, which number of votes would have elected Judge Settle to Congress by fifty majority, and who, we learn, will contest the election, and feels sure of obtaining his scat. There are other Democratic counties where this law, of their own creation, relative to inspectors, was violated and disregarded, and in which counties it might be expected that frauds would be committed, which omission to appoint Republican inspectors, as the law di rects, shows that Democratic frauds were premeditated before the election took place, which was the case In Caswell county, as above stated. , In Onslow and one or two other Dem ocratic counties in the Third Congres sional District, no Republican inspec tors were appointed, as required by law, and in which, colored men legally entitled to voto were not permitted to exercise this right, which, with other frauds in these counties, furnish just ground for Mr. McKay to contest the . seat of his opponent, who, with these illegal acts, only claims his election by a small majority. We should not be surprised, therefore, if Mr. McKay ob tained his seat, which, with the seating of Judge Settle, gives us five "out of the eight members of Congress. These investigations, will no doubt, disclose the fact, that enough Democrats have obtained seats in the Legislature by the aid of these frauds to vitiate the election of a Democrat to the United States Senate, and which, without doubt, secures the return to that body of Hon. John Pool. It is now appa rent, judging from the official returns, that if the law had been complied ..within the appointment of election a3 above stated In these Democratic coun ties, that in addition to our present victory achieved against, and in spite of these Democratic frauds, we now could also celebrate the election of a Republican "Legislature and two more members of Congress than we now have. To avert a repetition of these frands in November, let Deputy U. S. Marshals be appointed under the recent act of Congress, who will see that wo have An honest election, which will give this State to Gen. Grant by our usual Republican majority, which is from twelve to twenty thousand. Xeta Berne Times. tion and lustful enjoyment of Tamma ny and its army of hangers on j Who have made the patronage of New York City a huge means of wrong upon those who paid taxes by giving E laces to men wTho voted often and la ored not who are sharp, shrewd. cunning, tricky liars, thieves and rob bers, ever on the scramble for power and plunder. They hope to forever crowd down and drive from the party every man writs is fiducst ur w iio rlfr not blindly follow the lead of men who are even now covered with indictments for fraud, robbery, perjury and other State crimes, that hereafter there may be no men, no courts, no power, no ele ments that will, can or dare call to ac count the villains who have stolen the livery and taken the name of the vaunt ed Greeley to serve the devil in. We are willing to work, to vote, to starve for a Democrat whose election would strengthen honesty or advance the principles of Democracy. But the election of Greeley would not advance the cause of reform. It would set back ty evenly divided. The courage of the Liberals was ephemeral, and they are no longer confident. A formidable and rapidly-growing Bourbon opposition to Horace Greeley has sprung tip in the Democracy, and the Louisville Conven tion will. oe a representative political gathering of no mean numbers and in fluence. Charles O'Conor will most probably be the nominee, and his name has already struck terror into the Lib eral heart and aroused all the enthusi asm and prejudices of the old Democra cy; The Republican organization has everywhere been strengthened, and is now full of confidence and sure of vic tory.. :' I Such is the outlook at the present time)' and it will continue to improve. The Greeley uprising was properly -teamed "a midsummer madness," and its! period is nearly over. New York, since the nomination of Dix, becomes debatable ground, with the chances largely in favor of the Republicans, to Whom we think it may be safely con ceded. Connecticut and California too caii no longMbe called doubtful. - As the appearances now are, Mr. Greeley's electoral vote will not exceed that of -vtora JJjan thir-. For the Carolina Era. The State without a Legislature ! Constitutionally, North Carolina is to-day without a Legislature. Tho Constitution of tbo State declares that tho House of Representatives shall be com posed of one hundred and twenty members. The act of the lat Legislature re-apportioning the State gives to the House only one hundred and nineteen members. . The coun ty of Person is omitted, and there was no authority given for an election in that county. Therefore the member, so-called, from Person is no member at all, and a General Assembly of one hundred and sixty nine members is no Legislature at all, and cannot be permitted to assemble. . Again, the Constitution distinctly pro vides that no new division of the State into Senatorial Districts, or re-apportionment of county representation shall be had until the session which shall take place after the ses sion of 1S71-72, so that the election j ust held for members of the General Assembly, is, in this point of view, clearly null and void. This is a nice 6tate of things, brought about, too, by partisan-insanity, hatred, dis honesty and political ''malignity. And" a pretty Legislature, too, to set about contest ing a lawful State election. By his oath qf office, and under the opera tions of the State Constitution, and the Con stitution of the United States, the Governor is required to issue his proclamation declar ing all the seats of both Houses of the Gen eral Assembly now vacant, and he must now order an election -to supply such va cancy under the apportionment of 1868. And as the Constitution requires the Leg islature to assemble the third Monday in including the registrar, and only one registrar ant! one inspector were Re publicans, the other; three were Demo crats ; ana would you believe it in another township all Democrats were appointed inspectors, (names of town ships given if desired). Now, why the Democratic - Commis sioners of Wilson county did this in violation of their own registration and election law, passed by the last Legis lature, I leave for them to answer. Sec 9 "of said law reads .thus : " The county Commissioners on or before the first Mondayof July next, shall appoint four judges or inspectors of election, two of and a revolution will be the conso n r. 1 , 1 it quence. Ijcz inis uuvu piaee, anu me horrors of the late war will be nothing to compare to It. Then let the old Union "men" stahd to their guns, hiss down these mean rascals that would brinsr war and famine upon the land. brand them as traitors, and hold them up to the scorn and indignation of all honest and law abiding people, t , t Old Union Man. August 26, 1872. i : For the Carolina Era. Card. I wish to tell , your readers how I whom shall be of a different political cured my cancer without pain or mon- party from the registrar, at each place of holding election in their respective counties," &c. ; - : Now, if the election has not been held according to law in this county, the question arises, is it a legal election, and ought not the ,'vote of Wilson be thrown out ? Again: are not the Com missioners liable to indictment for vio lating the law, and if convicted, suffer the, penalty it imposes, to wit : fine and imprisonment? I would like to know. 1, understood one man registered and voted who had been out of the State three or more years. I also learn that a Democrat bought a man's vote for seventy-five cents, and Ho doubt his name will be sent to Von Moltke by the; purchaser as a fraudulent Vote. I suppose all of these violations of law will be satisfactory explained when the friends of tweedledee and tweedle dum make their report to headquar ters. If I hear of any more violations of law in this county concerning the elections, I will let you hear from me. I would have sent this, oracopyto "Von Moltke," if I had received one of their circulars, requesting all true friends of honesty and fair elections to ascertain and report," &c. It is really amusing to read the Democratic papers and see what they say about contest ing: the election, after having two, three and four Democratic inspectors ey. iugnx; years ago a cancer came on my nose ; it grew slow for several years ; the last two years it grew very fast; it became frightful ; it began to eat out my left eye. s. I had paid hundreds of dollars, and tried Doctors from far and near without finding relief. Finally, I began to drink wild tea, putting the tea grounds on my cancer every night as a poultice. In six weeks my cancer was.cured. I am 62 years old. I gave this remedy to several that had can cers. I know of two that have been curea. x, Dei leve wna tea grows over the country generally oti high lands. . Charles Yardley, Pittsburg, Pa. " For the Carolina Era. f A Proposition to the Republicans of North Carolina, The undersigned propose to give to the County in this State, which shall give the largest increase majority for Grant and Wilson, over, the majority given in the last election for Governor Caldwell, a stand of Colors worth one hundred dollars ; the Flag on one side to have the United States Coat of Arms and on the other suitable devices for the above proposition. The Hon. A. D. Jenkins, C. H. Brogden and W. H. Howerton are selected as umpires, and ' V u iKt'' upon their certificate of the result, said November, thero ls, time to lose and the 'SSbSS Wg Mtbe Governor should proceed to issue his pro clamation vt one. Lt the work of " usur pation)" g bravely on. A. For the Carolina Era. A Fine Meeting in Jolinston. On Friday the 30th of August, the ReDublicans and anti-Greeley Demo crats held a meeting at Johnson's school house in Boon Hill township. About three hundred present. The speaking: was Degun oy JViaj. Willie D. Jones, the old Wake county war horse, a true ana tnea Kepublican. His speech of thirty minutes gave great satisfaction and was greeted with fre quent applause. Next to Maj. Smith, Mai. Jones is tne most popular man in Johnston. A people's man-one from licans could not cheat, then after their State ticket is defeated they discover that frauds have been committed. Court is in session. His Honor Judge Clark presiding, with a large docket to dispose of. Mr. Jarvis did not speak on Tuesday as The Daily JSews publishea. Wilson. WOson, Aug. 27, 1872. titled to the same. A. Mooney, R. W. Logan, J. B. Carpenter, J. M. Justice, E. Whisnant. Rutherfordtoni August 26, 1872. Noitthc-m Claim4 C'oimiisloii. Tho a;r?rcgato nunibrr of claims presented to tho Southern . Claims Commission thus far is 16,000, ranging- from $12 to $350,000 and averaging $2,500 each. -.The! Commission have finally reported on 580 cases, In Svhlch $l,GO0,000 were claimed. . About 250 of thom were rejected, principally for absence of proofs of loyalty, and for the remaining 330 cases Congress, on tho recommendation of the Commission, appropriated, $350,000; tho money has since boon paid, with tho excep tion of $15,000," which was stopped through tho reports of special agents, who wero em ployed after the general report of tho Com missioners had been made to Congressaiid who discovered reasons for withholding this amount, in three or four cases, from Vlr-. ginia. t 'The Commissioners, Uirco la hum- ber, absent from Washington, have under examination 500 claims apiece upon which they will report at their next meeting, m the coming October, when, in addition, 500 other cases will also bd'decided. Tho Coin mission will, according to tho jlaw creating : it, expire on tho 3d of March next, and six j years will bo consumed in transacting tho j business now on hand. Under tho bureau system, such as prevails in tho department, fifty years would bo required for this pur pose. Tho rapidity of transacting tho busl ness of the Commission is unprecedented, thero being ono chief clerk and only four assistants. This expedition isl principally due to the fact that but few formalities are observed and voluminous books dispensed with. The expenses to claimants aro small. There are no office fees excepting for taking testimony, and tho lowest chargo Is mado for claims under 1,000. Information has been received hero that agents in tho South aro collecting claims of persons whoso pro perty was taken for public uses or destroy ed to facilitate military operations, but who cannot provo loyalty owing to ' their giving . aid and comfort to tho Confederates. Thcso agents are acting upon tho supposition that ' Congress will ultimately dispense with tho ? 1 loyalty clause. Tho aggregate of such ' claims is already largo. j , j For the Carolina Era. Revolution AheadNo Contest JLetter from "Old Union Man." ME. Editor : TheKu Klux Democ- racy are making a great nowi over their defeat in North Carolina. Hav ing got a majority in the Legislature, not by the will of the people fairly ex- the ranks once a labor and mechanic: pressed, but by infamously "gerryman- our Johnston people know that he un- tiering" the districts so that it would derstands and will as he has, work for have! taken fifteen thousand Republi- ty .Votes." As for Pennsylvania, there is no doubt that General Grant will carry it jyjnearly, if not quite, as large a ma , ority as he had four years ago. Gree ley?s nomination has been coldly ie ceiyed by the Democrats, and Grant's popularity, so far from deeding, has grown here since he became President. He;.has been true to the protective pol icy :upon which our national prosperity 9 i i i i . . . j. r is ouseu, ne nas avoiueu lnienerence m our- local politics, and refrained from espousing the cause of any faction, ana a. 1 i i f l inei pmiii people oi our ouue uuuure their interests. He vas followed by Richard C. Badger, (Rotating Dick as he is called) who talked some strong and palatable Republican doctrine, which. met the can majority in the State to have car ried a majority of Republican members of the Legislature.: Having gotten their, majority by disfranchising three thousand, voters in this infamous way, earnest and enthusiastic approval of all theytiow propose by infamous, premed .1 The Election.' every principle of integrity to party or hi3 commonsense-like and practical to men. statesmanship. Philadelphia ress, we nave no spue to grainy, sso prejudices against men. Ours is a line of conduct above prejudice. To simply beat Grant woulcl bring no relief to the country, especially when those who would take his place are even more rotten, corrupt and unworthy public support and confidence that Grant ever was. He has more claim upon the country. They have none. ' ! He has kept a few thieves out of of fice, whose heads are now sore Tam many and the Greeley combination never allowed an honest man to get in to ornce if they couia prevent it and present. His efforts for education and the elevation of the masses are begin ning to be appreciated by poor Demo crats as well as Republicans. Then followed Col. Thomas B. Long, a natural orator and a sound Republi can. He made the speech of the day. His wit is unexcelled in the State, his pathos is deep and telling, and his po litical knowied uiUi hy a strong and vigorous intellect embellished by a polished and cultured diction, stamps him one of the best stump speakers of the State. It is our wish here, that he should be pitted against Vance in this fall campaign. We have heard both and we are satisfied that Long will be more than an equal for Vance. The speaking exercises were closed with a characteristic speech from the self-made man William A. Smith, replete with practicable and earnest ideas, full of love for the people, the laboring and toiling masses, and preg- ' tThe result of the election has demon straled beyond question that a majority ofjthe voters of. North Carolina, are Republicans. The fact has been estab lished that the larerer number, of the pebble of this State are in sympathy with the National Republican party, and! will so express themselves when left juntrammefed and free to chose as suiti;them. Taking into consideration the I embarrassing circumstances sur rounding the Republican party of North v X I i j v a i find a thief to take his place who could Carolina, n nas cause 10 oq prouu oi us steal, mae ana aiviae. buokbiu me iaj cwhksu iub uuu- cratic law. under which voters were cannot be true in himself. Greeley took the Republican party in hand when it was honest. He has been its teacher and defender. He has educa ted it to the most wondrous rottenness.1 He has helped dirty its bed to such ex tent that he who has, for years, gloried in its stink can no longer sleep there,1' but rushes to the embrace of those who he has for a life-time called by the worst of names. Would you have him still farther rot and corrupt the Democratic party as he has the Republican party ? If he couia not keep that party honest when he had honest helpers, how in the great name of God can he purify, the Democratic party when already he has chosen his advisers from the most corrupt men this city or State ever4 knew? You who would indorse and sustain' infamy, robbery, plunder and evils of that class may vote for Greeley and his immediate backers. But we never will. Rather bankruptcy, starvation,' personal oblivion, and death in a forest than to aid and encourage the election to power of men who are rotten, dis honest, full of deceit and every way unworthy the support of intelligent American citizens. We are a Demcn crat, but not the slave of a thief or se of thieves, nor is this paper, dedicatei to the people, owned by or edited in the interests of other than honest men and earnest Democrats. We are not for Grant. Not for Greeley. But for that true Democrat who shall be nominated at Louisville in Septem ber, i registered and the election was held, acted prejudicial to the Republican party, s It accomplished, no doubt, to a considerable extent, what was design ed !by those who passed the law, (that of depriving: many of their votes.) A radical; departure from the usual mode V ! a '1 i i : i-i . l nant with a determination as their Congressman to labor for their good and the good of the State. His eulogy on Grant, and his demonstration that tho election of Grant was a necessity to the peace of the Union were eloquent and brimful of patriotism. We John ston men think there is none other such as Bill Smith, and we believe that the people of the State agree with us. The sentiment of the meeting strong ly condemned the effort to fraudulently disfranchise the people undertaken by Von Moltke and Mason and others, by counting Caldwell out, and there seemed a settled determination to re sist any such attempt. Democrats and Republicans here are hostile to any such Ku Klux revolutionary move ment. They know it means trouble, confusion and bloodshed in which-our poor laboring man only will suffer. You have been making; a bom stana against this attempted revolution, Mr. isaitor, ana we feel gratelul to you tor it. So on, we will sustain you, the of registering and voting was ingrafted people generally will sustain you, Con ihtp fhe present election law. Hereto- gress will sustain you, the United fore a citizen of the county could regis tef and vote on the day of election, without loosing another day, and if registered, he could vote at any voting place in the county, but such is not the causa unaer the present law. it may be said the law effected Democrats as much as Republicans, not so, because a much larger per cent, of Republicans are laborers and unlearned, than of the Democratic party of this State. A great many being closely employea as labor ers and not having been posted as to the changes in the law, were aeprivea of voting, from that fact. The depen dent condition of many induced a large number to vote contrary to ineir con viction of right, which is an impedi ment'very injurious to the Republican cause,! and one that should not exist in a Republican government, among a free people. Theiman in favored circumstances ught not to so act as to deprive his fellow-countrymen of the privileges of a iree; man. .Each elector snouia act the part of a man, and as an American citizen, by not allowing himself to be voted'by others contrary ta his honest convictions. Surry Visitor. in States will sustain you, the enforce ment act is yet in force, and our Pres ident Grant will execute the laws, the Ku Klux to the contrary notwithstand ing. After the spearnng toilowea an ex cellent dinner, barhacued shoats,hams, pound cakes, Ac, of which, all partook, as if the speaking -iiaa oeen an appe tizer, and after music and a parade the itatep and deliberate lying, to declare Merrimon, the notorious and intimate friend of Geo. W. Swepson, Governor, j This was pre-arranged in the caucus that ,was held to arrange the districts so as ito make it impossible for the Re publicans to carry a majority of the Legislature. The question was raisea in that caucus, "suppose we carry the Legislature and fail to elect- the State ticket It was then ana there decid ed that the Legislature should declare Caldwell's election a fraud, and give the certificate to their nominee. Gen. Barringer was selected above all others to inaugurate and carry out this schenae, and we must acknowledge that they picked the proper man for this wrork. He has the cunning of a fox and is as blood-thirsty as a hyena, and being over age, he would be exempt from fighting should he and his brother con spirators get up a revolution ; at least he did not hght in the late war, when 49- AH Letters relating to Subscriptions or Advertisements, must be addressed to WM, M. f BROWN, Business Manager. All Registered Letters can be sent at pur risk. , , Subscribers receiving their papers with a cross ft mark, may know that the time for which they subscribed is nearly out, and unless they renew, after receiving two papers, with a cross mark, their papers will be discontinued. THURSDAY, SEPT. 5th, 1872. Local, State and General Items, First DistrictAttention Committee men. The Chairmen of all County Repub lican Committees in the First Congressional District, are requested to furnish me at once with a full list of the members of their Committees, with post office address of each. - 5 S. T. CAREOW, Chairman District Executive Committee. Raleigh, Aug. 13, 1872. 9 tf. Davidson County-. The following is tho voto of this county for the Senate : t township. Cramer. Ren. Robbins, D. 1 Lexington, , Cotton Grove, 89 Boofte, 80 Tyro, 69 Yadkin Institute, 102 f Clemmonsville, 73 Arcadia, . 39 Midway, 121 Browntown, 78 Thomasvillo, 258 Conrod, 70 Silver Hill, 52 Emmons, 74 ' Jackson Hill, G2 Alleghany, 14 Healing Springs, 34 198 77 105 127 34 75 79 47 C2 232 ' 72 GO 30 37 43 Total No. votes, 1493 13G7 Cramer's majority oyer Robbins, 12G. ( It is a marlc of the unsuccessful man, that he invariably locks his stable door when the horse has been stolen. This sort of wisdom never thinks about bodily health until it is gone. But just as much as any disease has become seated, the powerof tho system to resist and throw it off is weaken ed ; hence time is all important. For dyspepsia, all diseases of the liver, stomach, skin and kidneys, and all that begin in vitiated blood, do not wait until the troublq is confirmed, but attack it by a timely use. of Dr. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters. , SO 4w Serious Protracted Meeting. There was a pro -tracted religious meeting near Apex, Chat ham county, last week. Forty persons were converted, and the meeting closed with thirty enquirers. Accident. The Charlotte Ob server says a colored man iy tho naiuo of Stanhope Hart was serionsly hurt Monday afternoon, Aug. 26, at the saw mill of Mr. Helton, in the edge of South Carolina, tho saw striking his head on the front and en tering tho brain. Dr. McCombs was called on and bound up tho wound, and the negro was still living late tho next afternoon, with a prospect of recovery. Riot in Greenville, Pitt County. .We are informed that a riot occurred in the town of Greenville Pitt county, on Thurs- Raleigh Markets. he had as much to do with getting it day, the 27th of August, in which a Deputy meeting adjourned. Boon Hill. At a late funeral the undertaker ar ranged for the husband and mother-in-law to ride in the same carriage.--"Must I," said the broken-hearted man, 41 must I ride with that awful wo man?" 14 1 think you will have to," answered the undertaker. 1 Well, if I must, I must," said the stricken man ; but to ride with her destroys all my pleasure on this occasion." 44 You saved my life nt the battle of Malvern Hill," said a beggar to a cap tain. 44 Saved your life ! How ?" 4tI served under you and when vou ran For the Carolina Era. Frauds in Wilson County. r Mb. Editor: I see ,in a late number of Tiie Era the secret circular that is said to have been issued by Messrs. Barringer and Mason, to their Demo cratic and Greeley menus, requesting information in regard to 44 all cases of fraud and violations of the laws at the election on the 1st inst.," and being a 44 true friend of honest and fair elec tions," I propose to give them, through your paper, some lmunnauon mat have learned about the election in this county ; and as their object is to contest the election of uovernor uaaweii, they no doubt desire all that can be given, f linm rt lr Cnnnoccful in rls There is nothing like a good defini- V tion, 03 the teacher thought when he . x. roQN id, explained the meaning of 44 old maid," if th of anv t as a woman who had been made a very longtime. ; Boanling-School Miss : "O, Charlie I I expect to graduate next Commence ment;- ''Graduate! what will you registered on the day of election." Yes; in one township I am reliably informed that a Democrat registered and voted the Democratic ticket. I suuDOse his name will be sent to Von graduate in?" 4,Why,in white tulle!" Moltke by some of his friends as. one within vuic, will t- jiauuuiLUt xve- away, I followed." , Josh Billings says he never knew a dog of cny breed whatsumever to take hyderfoby after he had been thorough ly vaxina.ted with buckshot. Whv are balloons in the air like va grants. Because they have no visible means of support. publican votes they expect to find in this county. Again: 44 Whether at ev ery precinct or ward two good men of different political parties wrere appoint ed, duly sworn and acted, and if not, who?" No; in one township four Democrats were appointed inspectors, up as Jeff. Davis himself. As soon as it was ascertained that Gov. Caldwell was elected, what does this old, mischievous man, 4Rhody," do? He immediately issues a circular to the Ku Klux papers of the State or dering them to declare that great frauds were committed by the Republicans, and therefore the Legislature should de clare Merrimon, the notorious, elected. After this infamous circular was receiv ed by these disloyal and revolutionary sheetf, they made the welkin ring with their j shouts of 44fraud 1 fraud I We mustl'contest the election," &c, and have the unblushing effrontery to say that the people demand it. Oh, shame, where is thy blush. Who are those that advocate this rev olutionary measure ? Who are the gen try that would again cause revolution and I bloodshed in our good old State ? Is it the working people of .North Car olina? No! Are the farmers, mer chants or manufacturing people of the State in favor of this diabolical and high-handed measure which will sure ly bring on revolution? No! Then who are the advocates ot this contemp tible scheme? It is the poor, little, scheming, bankrupt editors, and the little, infamous lawyers and cross-road politicians who demand it; such as Jo. Turner, whom you could not collect a cent from if you had any number of ex ecutions against. Look at the gentry who cry aloud for this revolution: not one of them are interested in soil or any business of the State. They are ! simply broken down sprigs of the ancient negro aristocracy, who de sire : to get up trouble that they may profit by it. These little fussy rascals know what kind of material Governor Cald,well is made of, and know that hie would not be deposed by this irrespon sible set of revolutionary desperadoes, and would maintain the position in which the people placed him, even at the point of the bayonet ; hence they desire this revolution! for the purpose of making money out of it, as thieves desire fires in cities that they may steal from their neighbors during the excite ment. Then let their designs be known. Let the people know that war is what they want. Let the people know that revolution is their aim. Let the peo ple know that here in i North Carolina will be the beginning point in the next war if Horace Greeley, the old higher law secessionist, is elected, and Merri mon declared Governor of the State. And my word for it, the farmers, mer chants and mechanics who belong to this diabolical party will leave it like rats deserting a burning barn. Horace Greelev is pledged to secession. He even goes further than Yancy, of Ala bama, ever went. ie aeciares that a State has the moral and inherent right above the Constitution to secede if it desires to do so. Merrimon is a poor, weak tool in the hands of such schem ing men. as Rhody Barringer, Tur ner .& Co., and will do their bidding, U. S. Marshal was killed, another wound ed. A man P. M. Smith who shot the Marshal, was also shot in the arm. "We hope to have full particulars in our next. We know nothing of the origin of the row. Accidentally Shot The Statesville In telligencer learns that one day last week, while two small colored boys were handling a gun, near Lyerly's saw-mill, about 5 miles south of Statesville. one of the boys dis charged the gun, the load taking effect in the throat of the other, and killing him in stantly. - It is supposed that there was no criminal intent,but that the affair was purely accidentally. Coroner Walker was called to the scene of the fatal occurrence and held an inquest over thehody. IT O I t 1 , Merchanfs, Fire. iJTie Salem Press says some two weeks since, the grist mill, formerly the property of Mr. John J. Conrad, now owned by a Mr. Charles, on the Yadkin river, w;as destroyed by fire. Mr. Charles lodged in. the mill, and narrowly escaped . the fiery element, saving , nothing that was in the mill. Supposed toi have been the work of an incendiary. - . , 1 Also, that Burton Willis' tobacco factory, at Germanton, Stokes county, has been de stroyed by fire, supposed to be work of an incendiary. Loss about 20,000 pounds of tobacco. I Public Speaking-. The Hon. J. O. Ram say and F. B. McDowell, Presidential Elec tors, will address the people at the following times and places: j , Statesville, Tuesday, Sept. 3rd. Wilkesborough, Tuesday, Sept. 17th. Boone, Thursday, Sept. 19th. Jefferson, Saturday, Sept. 21st. Sparta. Monday, Sept. 23d. Trap Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 24th. Dobson,, Wednesday, Sept. 25th. Mt. Airy, Thursday, Sept. 26th. Winston, Saturday, Sept 28th. Yadkinville, Monday, Sept. 30th. ; Mocksville, Tuesday, Oct. 1st. , Salisbury, Tuesday, Oct, 15th. . "Wholesale Prices, BY POOL & MOR1NG, Grocers and Commission Mercluinls, Corner Wilmington and Martin Sts. COTTON per lb., i- - ' - - 18J CORN per bushel, - - $1 00 OATS per bushel, - -. - 50 FLOUR North Carolina Family, - 8 00 FLOUR Baltimore Family, 11 00 BACON per ft., - - - 12(13 SALT per sack, - - - - 3 00 COTTON YARN - - - 1 75 CORN MEAL per bushel, - -1 1U Retail Iricet BY MARCOM He AL Grocers and Commission Hargett Street BACON Baltimore smoked, " unsmoked, 44 strips, - - -44 shoulders, 44 N. C. and Canv. Hams, 15 BUTTISlir per lb. BEESWAX per lb., BEEF on hoof, - 44 per quarter, COFFEE per tb., -COTTON YARN per CORN per buslicl, CHICKENS per piece. -EGGS per dozen, -FLOUR per bbL, - , -FODDER per 100 lbs.,- -HAY per 100 lbs., HIDES green, per ft.., - 44 lry, per K., -LEATHER per ft., LARD per lb., - -MOLASSES per gallon, -44 Golden Syrup, MEAL per bushel, OATS per busnei, - -4 in Sheaf, per hundred, PORK POTATOES irish, per bush., ' sweet, per bush., 1 SUGAR crushed, - 44 extra C, - - - 4 P. R., - 44 common, - SALT per sack,- 2 TALLO VV per lb., VINEGAR-por gallon, - 13 12 (tf 12R4 10 fa) CO 25 (4 bale, - 7 25) 1 75 100 3, 4 - 1 1 171(4 12J(g 75 (49 (tfl (tfl (tf (tf (tf (tfl 50 75 O 13 30 15 33 00 CO 50 0 75 00 20 16 15 11 13 15 11 20 80 25 0 10 85 1 10 30 15 00 00 00 7 .11 40 50 00 05 70 (tf (tfl !3 (tf (tf (tf J2j(tf 75 (3 17 (tf 40 (tf 10 00 1 15 00 hi oo 00 00 10. 60 9ott on First Congressional District. The fol lowing is the official vote of the First Con gressional District : V Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Gates, Chowan, , Hertford, Hyde, Beaufort, Pitt, Pamlico, Bertie, Martin, Washington, Tyrrell, Dare, Cobb, Rep. Carter, 363 762 552 569 1058 062 ' 896 646 514 736 756 -572 990 848 608 760 1587 1268 1775 1768 354 428 1512 954 : 1008 1031 ,917 485 355 389 277 223 - 12,101 12,101 Markets, ' 1 BY ' I ' GKORGK T. STRONACHi Dealer in Cotton and Navat Stores, Market and Martin Streets. , ,; Receipts at Raleigh, - - quotations: Ordinary - - - 7 -Good ordinary - - Low middling, none. 18 19 ; 20 Cobb's majority, 1,429 -JXOTICE TO CLAIMANTS. All persons having filed claims against the United States for property taken for tho use of the army during the war. and not having had testimony taken in their eases, aro hereby notified, to communicate with the undersigned at Chapel Hill, N. C, or with Thomas Hampson, at Club House. Hillsboro' street, Raleigh, N.' C, stating that they do not intend to prosecuto their claims any further, or at what; timo they desire to' have their testimony taken. It fa highly desirable that all claims not com pleted should be attended to immediately. ELMORE W. WOODS, : Special Commissioner. 11 w3w, " 1 . , . if
