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Glorious Uncertainty of the Vote in majorities, claims the State by i We fl BE ‘The ‘Merrimon’s organ, now ‘The following Merrimon the re- the Old North Siate. ~ “A Majority. Gain. Loss. _ 59 237 ~~ 105 - EXCITEMENT AT FEVER HEAT. = Wilson, : *8 Condition of Partisan Politicians-—Victory and | Quane rind a > 8 Exultation---Defeat and Despondency. ‘The following give Caldwell majorities:— ‘Loss. a a PROBABLE MAJORITY FOR - MERRIMON, Holden Concedes a Conservative Victory by 1,500 Majority. Ragion, N. C., August 3, 1872 ‘There is little change to note in tnese despatches simee last night. Returns from the extreme eastern, western and southern counties come in slowly, and the reports are confused and conflicting, tending 10 increase the general doubt and uncer- tainty instead of indicating unmistakably the result, ‘Sixty-three counties have been heard from oMetally and unofficially, leaving twenty-nine counties to hear from. The democrats continue to assert the election of Merrimon by a majority ranging from 1,500 to 2,000, while the repubiicans ag stoutly claim the day by 1,000 or 1,500, REPUBLICAN GAINS OVER THE SHIPP VOTE As far as heard from, Caldwell, republican, gains ver the democratic majority for Shipp, in 1870, 2,467 votes. Should this ratio of democratic losses continue in all of the remaining twenty-nine coun- ‘thes the republicans will stili have to neutralize 1,928 votes of the majority given for Attorney- General Shipp in 1870, in which election the conservatives carried the State by 4,995, It is hardly probable that the same ratio of democratic losses will continue, for the counties to hear from are mostly democratic. I think it safe to predict the election of Merrimon by ® majority ranging from 1,500 to 2,600, but it ts impossible to approximate the re- ‘sult with certainty until the official vote of all the counties is received. The State in this election has polled in round numbers two hundred thou- ®and votes, and when it is tak en into consideration thatit is often more difficult to ascertain the vote fm.aaingle county than of the whole State for New York, it will be readily seen that when the best ‘formation on both sides indicates only a ma- jority of a few hundred , how utterly impossible it is toarrive at any dednite conclusion by estimate or comparison, especially when the reports are con- ‘Micting and county majorities in so many instances Feversed on both sides. GREATLY INCREASED VOTE POLLED. Another difficulty in the way is the increased vote polled by both parties. Therefore, while 1, with ex- treme caution, adhere to my majority estimate of last night, I still admit the possibility of the neces- sity of resorting to the oficial count by the State to determine the result. One hour the dem- Ocrats are in high spirita and confident Of success, and the next they are depressed, and vice verea, All this morning fhe democrats were broken down under the news coming in from the eastern counties of heavy negro majorities, and ‘not until the train from the mountains had reached telegraphic communication at Salisbury, bring- tng the report of an increased democratic majority 0f1,104 in eight of the western counties, did the democrats recover from their despondency. CONFUSION OF FIGURES. Tam in regular receipt of all the returns, but 1 deem it superfiuous to give any further details by counties, as these but lend still more to the gen- eral confusion; and I am satisfied that many of the anoficial returns I get are totally unreliable, as my experience of the past two days is that the re- ports of one hour may be contradicted the next. af the democrats have carried the day it is miracle, especially over the best party organiza- tion of the country, backed by the federal adminis- tration at Washington and an army of officials, detectives, spies and runners, to say nothing of the damaging effects of the Ku Klux outrages of afew years past, which still cling to the de- Mocracy like pertinacious ruin. The republicans have not shown the same fluctuation of feeling Manifested by their opponents, but, assuming an air of moderate confidence, have maintained a dogged resistance and yielded less readily to the depress- ‘ng influences of unreliable reports; but two or three times even they have given up the contest, wnd to-day ex-Governor Holden admitted the elec- ‘tuon of Merrimon by a probable majority of fifteen bandred. GREAT EXCITEMENT AT RALEIGH. All the alternoon and to-night the telegraph OMice has been besieged by @ large crowd of anx- fous watchers of both parties, white and black, and ‘as the contest is prolonged, so to speak, the public interest increases, instead of diminishing. Every- body asks for news; all speculate and nothing seems to occupy the minds of this people but the all absorbing question of “Who is elected 1” For the past two days business in the city has been virtually suspended, employés and clerks all giving themselves to the one great occu- pation of waiting for the verdict. Some are bet- ting on the result still, and a leading revenue ofMcial, who has several thousands at stake on Caldwell, is constantly seen driving from the National Hotel in the United States Marshal's carriage, drawn by a pair of fine grays. “SPORTS” ON “THE MAKE.’ A leading sportsman of the city has telegraphed John Morrissey to hedge on Merrimon. This | gentleman is of the radical persuasion, and has hedged all his on Caldwell. FIVE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN ELECTED. J. M. Leach, democrat, of the Fifth district, tele- @faphs that he has beaten Judge Settle, republi- ean, by 900 in that district. R. B. Vance, demo- crat of the Eighth; W. M. Robbins, democrat, Of the Seventh; Thomas S. Ashe, democrat, of the Sixth, and A, M. Waddell, democrat, ot the | ‘Third districts are all elected to Congress, the majorities not having been ascertained. W. A. Smith, republican, of the Fourth, and C. R. Thomas, republican, of the Second district, are elected by handsome majorities, but it is not ascertained what are the exact figures, The democrats con- ede the clection of C.L. Cobb, republican, of the First district, by a small majority, while the repub- leans claiin his election by a majority of from 900 to 1,500, Another and the latest estimate made from the returns received up to the present moment (mid- wight) is that in the sixty-three counties heard from ofMicially and unofiicially the republican gain over the conservatives is 1,550 votes compared with the vote of 1870, which is the only test of party Strength in this State. MERRIMON’S PROBABLE LOWEST MAJORITY. In the remaining twenty-nine counties, if the same ratio holds out, Merrimon’s majority will be 2,500. It is possible his majority may exceed this es" timate, but 1 am not inclined to believe that it will, LATER DEVELOPMENTS. Seventy-one counties heard from give Caldwell a gain over the Shipp vote of 1870 of 2,737, leaving 2,268 of the conservative vote of 1870 to be over- come by the republican ticket in the remaining twenty-one counties in order to make a tie between Merrimon and Caldwell. These remaining counties THE POLITICAL HEADQUARTERS, eet ere, Enthusiasm of the Greeldy Men—Hopo Still Pre- vails Among the Su of Grant—Contra- dictory Reports Received from North Caro- lins—Both Sides Claim the Viotory— The Liberal Repubjicans Preparing to Stump Maine—Democratic Spoakers To Bé Appointed for tho Campaign. —_—_— THE LIBERAL REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS. A constant stream of visitors poured into the liberal headquarters at. the Gienham Hotel yester- day, anxious to obtain the latest news and to offer their congratu’ations over the great victory in North Carolina, Colonel Ethan Allen had left for Long Branch, but Mr. J. W. Johnson, who had charge, courteously and cheerfully gave the much- sought-for information. The enthusiasm was great, and as despatch after despatch was re- ceived confirming the tidings of the conserva- tive — success the eatisfaction of ail present, visitors and ofMicials, was unbounded. At half-past ten o'clock Mr. Greeley strolied up the steps of the hotel and entered the parior, look- ing the picture of happiness and contentment. He was the cynosure of all eyes ie he remained, and-strangers peered avxiogily . rd togeta glimpse of the man whom many regard as the next President. After remaining about half an hour he took his departure, accompanied by Mr. Hen: L, Stewart, to prepare for his Pap to Rhode Island. State Senator jd, of Vermont, called during the course of the morning, and Ke, cheering ac- the liberal move- counts of the progress of ment in Vermout. He 8a: the State will be carried by the libel republicans and democrats in November, and that active ia tions are being made to secure that resul ‘isit- ja, Arizona and for the liberal cause ne gentleman from California claiming that his State would repudiate Grant in the Presidential election. He thinks a visit of Mr. Greeley to the be of great advantage to as his pea, would 1 larity. next it effort is to be made in Maine, and USungrimuelapeabers c horongnyesten ove va of the Beate. Senator Schurz, Senator kg m and General Kilpatrick, who oe eet on his mission, are among the number, and a livel: fight is eaerret, Great confidence ts exp: in the result by the Greeley men, ond they say that if Grant loses e in Bes re nae act the in Novem- m North Caro- lina they may have been over-confident, but they seemed to have grounds for their assertions, Cowles, deorgia; J, H. Wildy, teaae: TH, Cone wies, 3d. xs; T. H. Con- » New Orleans;’8. H. Hatfeld, Washi mn; B. J. Haskin, Fordham, N. ¥.; J. M. MeCallough, East Orange, N. Y.; . Ladd, Vermont; Charles Gen- tils, Arizona; A. L. Birdsall, California; H. H. Caning, Connecticut; W, A. hig Ohio; Isaac E. "A. Wickens, New York: Hiram Green, Vermont; L. Maeon, Ma tH Charles King, ‘Wisconsin, and Horace Greeley. The following are the latest despatches recetved from North Carolina by Colonel Allen :— ~ i Warnenton, N. C., August 3, 1852. Pe x Congregnmnis -abetetsr, Slected. Raxeian, N. C., August 3, 1872. Beturns not fa Hy, In. Think, Merrimon ta elected y 2,000 majority, and Legislature largely conservative. EXpect six meinbere of Congress, D. I. BARRINGER. Raxeian, N. C., August 3, 1872. Erman ALLEN :— We have got five members of Congress and doth branches of the Legislature by two-thirds, and Merrimon elected certainly. The West has done nobly. The New York liberal republicans did their work nobly. Continue to depend upon the returns. Ww. V. WOOD. fr eaten. they by © 3, mi td Still better news from the West: wecure election of Merrimon beyond doubt. ‘cod did a good Work in the counttes. Deosa bard Aight api a glori- ous victory. Fire 160 iy ue The last two despatches were received at seven o'clock, and made every one jubilant, as the reports received from other sonrces were not 80 en- couraging. The last reports, however, removed all cause of Fount, and the victory was considered cer- tain. Messages, telegrams and letters of inquiry kept pouring in from all quarters, asking for au- thentic information, as the contradictory reports published involved the issue in considerable un- certainty. The following communication was re- ceived from Maine :— us guns in th 1 lore a c¢ cal ral pul an Conyen- tion in this district. as published in my paper yesterday. spect in Maine Is very flattering. I believe we pa a aCe ee focebravely on ft. PILLSBURY. The following circular has been issued by the joint liberal and democratic committees:— Heapquarters Democratic ano Linzrat Rerosiican Commrrrnes, New Youu, August 2, 1972, ‘The National Democratic and Liberal Republican Com- mitices desire to congratulate the people of the United States who are in favor of reform in the coverninent upon the magnificent victory achieved by the people of North Carolina, virtually deciding as it docs the Presidential contest." When it le recolletted that in. no. period in our country’s history have such unwarranted means been used to intimidate a free people the result is all the more gratifying and glorious. Let each State favoring recon- ciliation, union and peace vie with its sisters in contribut- ing to the overwhelming defeat of an adininistration that has vainly attempted to perpetuate its power by means at | once extraordinary and disgraceful. One hundred guns willbe fired in this city at noon, in honor of the victory, THE DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS, Matters presented a lively appearance at the Democratic Headquarters. Mr. Schell was early at his post to receive the first advices from North Carolina, but it was some time before any fresh de- spatch was received further than what were pub- lished in the morning papers of yesterday. In the course of the morning a despatch was received from | Raneom, claiming that the State had gone demo- cratic by a majority of 10,000, and that Merrimon | was certainly elected. Mr. Schell left after staying | some short time, and Mr. A. T. Gallagher took charge and received the numerous visitors that called during the day. Among’ the prominent visitors at the head- quarters were Senator Casserly, of California, and ex-Governor Randolph, of New Jersey. Senator Casserly states that there is no doubt but Greeley will carry California in November, as there is a very strong anti-Grant feeling on the coast. Gen- eral Randoiph also spoke of the issue of the cam- aign in very hopeful terms, and both are confi- Rent that the standard of reform will be the beacon that will attract the honest men of the country. Agentleman from Texas stated that Greeley would carry the Lone Star State by a rousing majority, as the people are tired of the carpet-bagrule to which they have been so long subjected. He says the en- ‘husiasm for the Baltimore nominee is great, and that there is a union of the best men of both parties to insure his success. A list of speakers is being prepared for the cam- paign, comprising the ablest men in the democratic party, but arrangements are not yet complete, and they have not been assigned States. In a few days, however, everything will be in readiness, and a lively canvass may be expected from the democratic side. More despatches were received during the afternoon from North Carolina, but they were almost the same as those received at the Gien- ham Hotel and need not dy ad ca head- ters were kept open uli e hour to accom- thodate the anxious ones, but nothing of importance was received during the evening. THE GRANT HEADQUARTERS, The Grant headquarters, at the vifth Avenue Hotel, were more crowded yesterday than on any previous day, anxiety about the North Carolina election having attracted an unusual number of visitors. The reports received from the Associated Press were discredited by the persons In charge of the rooms, and it was asserted that the news to come would change the entire complexion of the despatches and undoubtedly give the State to rant, Among the prominent politicians who called at the headquarters were Senator Marian, lowa; Colonel Drake De Kay, Hon. Noah Davi % NEW YORK HERALD, | L, Stewart. | persons assembled at the foot of Murray street, pier i ks aed mee ret s os yi? A Pacific Railroad. followti itches w Foceived with n great door of enter on ustsamss” Wasnincrox, August 3, 1872, btiwen j : Use : ; SUNDAY, AUGUSI 4, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. STATE AND CITY POLITICS. W. FE. Cuanorze — The following despatch just received from Supervisor Perry, dated. dalcigh, 11:8, this morning--Evervining | The Governorship—A Coalition and Compromise brine “awel andthe" wie G'w, Woukson” | Convention—The United States Senatorship— 7 © Gmeaas Racerau, N. C., August 3, 1872 Congressional Ticket—The Apollo Hall ‘Things look better to-night. The hasty unreliable Coup d’Etat—Senator O’Brien’s Pol- desva moe by offletal reiaris. ach eee ic He mom: icy+The Mayoralty—The Vacancies trict. "Think we have carried the Stabs, J.J. YOUNG, Jo Re Filled—Tho New National Raueron, N. C., August 8 1874, W. BE. Cudnnune -— Crabb’s cleetion considered certain. Thomas’ majority large. Smith in this district lected; G0 majority. Stato glose and boah, aie lain Sn jority. We think ait ec : eee J.J. YOUNG, AMONG THE PEOPLE. PRESS “aE REPT ‘The North Carolina election and its result con- tinne to engross the attention of political circies to the exclusion of every other topic. On the cars, the ferryboats and the railroads nothing else is spoken of, and while the Greeley men are jubilant over the triumph gained over the administration the supporters of Grant manifest a feeling of com- plete despondency and refuse to be comforted. So long as the result remained shrouded in doubt a shadow of hope was kept alive ; but as the later re- turns came in even this fickered ont and died, and nothing was left but the alternative of accepting the unexpected defeat. x The deteat of the republican ticket has COMB LIKE A THUNDERLOLT upon the friends of the President, Every indica- tion had pointed to a diferent state of affairs, The lavish expenditure of money by the administration and the array of eminent speakers poured into the State, coupled with the strong negro vote would, it was thought, have been amply suficient tocarry the | State, im which the republicans were supposed to possess a large majority. “Why,” said one indig- nant Grant man on a ferryboat yesterday, “T cannot understand how the thing happened. 1 would have bet my bottom dollar that we would have carried the State. We were led to believe so by the administration organs, and now to think that, after all the efforts that have been put forth, the money that hag been expended and the oratory that has been wasted, that we have Jost, is a disappointment so great that can scarcely bear to think of it. Aiter all, there is more in this Greeley movement than we have given it credit for, and { should not be at allsurprised if Horace be the next President of the United States. Iam half inclined, after what has occurred, to support him myself.” AT THE HOTELS. Tn the corridors and halls of the leading hotels strangers from all parts of the country were eagerly waiting for the freshest news, and as tele- gram after telegram was received, confirming the liberal and conservative victory, the enthusiasm on the one side and the gloom upon the other can be better imagined than described. The almost universal belief seemed to be that the tide of poppler, opinion was running, and that in November it Would sweep the country like an avalanche and carry the old white hat and coat in triumpn to the Presidential chair. Prominent Western men visiting tne city xssert that the Nortn Carolina election will have a wonderful infuence in the Western States, The first victory in a great campaign is always more or less momentous, and exerts a power in shaping the feure of the strag- gle. The republican strangers who are staying at the hotels claim that the North Carolina election is not a test case, and that the result might have been expected from the corrupt influences that the democrats brought to bear upon the canvass. Bri- bery and the wholesale chalienging of the negro voters are cited as instances; but these excuses are believed to be only lame attempts to bolster up abad case. The peaceable manner in which the vote was cast dispels all such illusions, and in the end all must acknowledge that the issue was fairly and squarely tried, and that the best man, or at least the strongest has come off victorious, HOW THE NRQRORS FREI, Perhaps no class in the city feel to keenly disap- pointed with the defeat of f as the citizens of color. Their whole strength had been cast against Greeley, and by their efforts it was supposed the re- publicans would have carried the State. They cannot understand why North Carolina has been lost, and they manifest considerable bad temper that tae are not different, In the restaurants in the vicinity of Park row their patience was severely tried about the hour of noon when the salute of one hun- dred guns was being fired in the park, and they gave vent to their overwrought feelings in curses | hot loud but deep, execrating the noise, as it pre- vented them from hearing the orders of guests, ‘who in most cases smiled at the unusnal CES of temper displayed by their sable_atte’ tue th | gent yor the” in his Ward will be civen to Greeley, as the negroes are beginning to despair of the success of Grant, and, moreover, have taken to heart the counsel of Charles Sumner. WHAT THE GRANT MEN SAY. | The Grant men are doing their beat to swallow the bitter leek with as good a grace as possihie and say “Wait until Maine speaks and then we will tell y | how the country will go in November. What can | you expect from a rebel State, when the infuence of ex-rebel officers an ofice-holders is still 80 great? Wecan afford to lose North Carotina. It willonly bea drop in the bucket compared with | the majority Grant will command in the fall?’ | Biaine’s letter is more or less counted upon, and it is pronounced by his friends to be a powerful answer to the communication of Sumner. THE SALUTE OF OND HUNDRED GUNS. At haif-past twelve o’clock the first of the salute of one hundred guns was fired in the City Hall Park, and as the report rang out’ upon the air, @ large crowd rushed to the spot to ascertain the cause of the unwonted noise. They were met by a banne on which was en- graved in large letters, “North Carolina pro- nounces for reconeiliation, union and peace.” The City Hall Park was soon filled with spectators and smoke, and cheer after cheer went up for the victory gained and for Dr. Greeley. In | every quarter the enthusiasm {s unbounded, and | the fecling in favor of the Philosopher of Chappaqua is largely on the increase. The guns were two ten-pounders, and were ob- tained from the arsenal through the kindness of General Johnson, Chief of Ordnance. The cart- ridges fired were the same that were made under the orders of the Grant Committee at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to be fired for a republican victory. MR. GREELEY’S MOVEMENTS. Mr. Greeley came down from ‘Tarrytown early yes- terday morning, and immediately repaired to the Uberal headquarters at the Glenham Hotel. He dropped into a seat and wrote some letters, and then engaged in conversation with Colonel Johnson. | He seemed highly elated with the news from North Carolina and expressed his satisfaction with the result of the election. What gave him most plea- sure, however, he said, was the letter published by | General Banks announcing his adhesion to the | liberal movement. It will, he thinks, have a powerful effect in the East, and will influence a Jarge number of republican votes. On leaving the Glenham Mr. Greciey took a car- | riage and drove away, accompanied by Mr. Henry In the afternoon a large number of 28, to witness the departure of the Philosopher for | would have almt precluded the’ idea, Democratic Commutteo, » THE GovERNORSHIP will undoubtedly fall to that party in this State that succeeds im the Presidential contest. There are candidates emough to select from—that is, for the State Conventions tO nominate from. It is certain that the present incumbent has no further asptra- tions in thatdireetion.. Governor Hoffman has al- ready received three successive nominations from the democracy. In his first race, in 1866, he was defeated, but in 1888 he was elected, and in 1870 was re-elected. It is contrary to political usage as it is repugnant to the electors themselves to put a {man in nomination three times for the same office—an ofiice held by the present incumbent two terms in succession. Governor Hoffman, therefore, retires with the laurels and emoluments of a double term, earned and enjoyed in the highest office in the gift of his fellow citizens. ‘This ishonor enough for any one man. He does not, however, retire from the political arena, as is shown in the promi- nent part he played in the Baltimore Convention, at which he cast the unanimous and spontaneous vote of the Nw York democratic delegation for the republican nominee of the Cincinnati Convention, | There was no halting or vacillating policy in his action on that occasion, and should the standard bearer of the liberal republicans, aided by his allies of the democtacy of the nation, be successful in November next no doubt Governor Hoffman will have his rewatd in an appointment at the hands of his grateful friend Horace to a first class mission to Europe. ‘THE MISSION TO BERLIN is what he most yearns after, and, with that goal in view, he will undoubtedly exert all his powerful political influence with his party to insure a double victory in November—the victory of Greeley and his own prospective success in the attainment of his European mission. Governor Hoffman is rich, and can afford to play the statesman and the man of leisure for the good of the republic and his own official aggrandizement. There are several REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES in the field under the present administration, and at this particular junctnre the cry is, “Rich mep to the front.” And so we find the cry responded to in the persons of ex-Senator Morgan, ex-Mayor Opdyke and Judge Robertson. The friends of each will be m force at the nominating Convention and press the claims of their favorite with all due persistency, and what- ever logic may be found most conducive to secure a victory, whe&er it be the logic of sense or dol- lars, It is aged 2 sudge Robertson has the inside track, organ, perhaps, would be more acceptab.< to the Grant ticket than either of his competitors, If tho logic of events between this and November does not lessen the ardor of any ene sceking the honor from casting his fortunes in an evil moment with a losing cause, so far as the liberal republicans and progressive democratic ticket goes, the probability is that when things Political shape themselves into something more definite there will be a COALITION CONVENTION held, as happened in 1866, when Hoffman (demo- crat) and Pruyne (Johnson republican) were put on the same ticket for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The Convention that nominated these parties was composed of one democrat and one Johnson republican from each district, Now, fol- lowing that precedent, the probabilities are that the nominating Convention will be composed of one democrat and one Greeley republican from each district. Hoffman having served his two terms and received a priér unsuccessful nomination, political nsage requires that the nominee of the ae Ghitlt Basties Charl A epoken’ of im politiead..clr. cles, and would probably consent to run although some persons contend that he is averse to the proposed honor, and declares that he will not allow his name to ve used in the Convention in that connection. They say that his health would not per- mit him to accept the honor, ja the first place, and in the second, he at present fills the highest judicial office in the State, the duties of which he ts fanly conversant with, and in the discharge of which he finds that repose which the cares and responsibill- ties of Governor would entirely deprive him of. He has twelve years yet before him of his present om. cial life, with a hatdsome salary, and these advan, tages he will pot forego for the higher but more fleeting honor of pant of the Executive chair of the State. Sengtor Alvord is looming up as a candidate for Govirnor. An old line whig, he en- tered the Assembly 28 2 democratic member, and served a termas Spiker of that body. His claims will be presented at thi Convention he will have many and warm supportirs. Francis Kiernan, of Utica, avery popular an/ active politic: is also spoken of. leutenant Gwernor Beach aspirations looking to the hih office to which he has heen lieutenant durin) Governor Hoffman’s term. There is no doubt /ut the selection of a candidate for Governor willbe the most important work on the docket of busiess for the COMHOMISE CONVENTION, but the probabillies are that between this and then @ line of acbn, arising from political afilia- tions ond undersjndings between the anti-adimn- istration party ( either stripe, will render the work easy and plisant. THE VACANT/NITED STATES SENATORSHIP, One of the firstind most important duties which will devolve upofthe next Legislature will be the tained for renomation and re-election must have meited into thiumir ere this. Under any ciream- stances, the blojy chasm that has yawned wider and wider betw@ himself and his colleague, ENATOR FENTON, even ina republican Legijture, that he would be returned to lis seat in tl United States Senate; but now that the admistration itself, Quintius-Curtins- election ofa Uniti States Senator to fill the vacancy | He,sPoke, of course, in the langrae of Vorosmaty following on the xplration of Senator Conkling’s | Hae °e4eh,0e, all i yatn. When ho mentioned oratorical Sena? might at one time Mave outer, was cheered and clapped, but when he eulogized leaders, to the endorsement of the Tammany faction on such a momentous issue. The q has been discussea in all its pros and cons; after all, no matter what complexion the question of poppers to Greeley or Grant might have taken after fair discussion, attempt of Tuesday night to surreptitiously pledge the party to follow in the wake of Tammany—from which the party had but 80 lately seceded—was enough to rouse the ire of even a more dove-like politician than Mr. O’Brien. But to this COMPLEXION TARY MUST COME AT LAST, The idea of there being in this canvass a “‘straight- out” democratic ticket is all moonshine, and no person knows that better than Mr. O’Brien, and none better than he that even in such an improba- ble event he might as well come “straight out” for General Grant, for any chance that a straight-out democratic candidate would have in the race, Straight-out policy, this? It is downright crooked licy, and cannot Insure to the political charac- ror advancement of any leader who pursues it. “Secret path marks secret foe” is ever true, and until Senator O’Brien shows his hand he cannot, without secret pledge, be trasted by either side. ‘The Senator is perhaps the most popular politician ofthe day among a large class of citizens, but @ class who desire to see an objective point, so that they may go and put “a head on it” straightway. ‘The Senator may find himself tn a position where even a handful of trumps cannot win him the high Stake for which he plays, For all too late the advantage came To turn the odds of desperate ame, tay be found to be applicable to him in the whirli- gig of local politics. ‘The two strongest men in the city to-day as local politicians are MAT BRENNAN AND JIMMY O'BRIEN, ‘They have the best organized associations, bearing their names as noms de guerre, of all other politi- cal chieftains, and they can bring into the field, or | rather up to the conventions ani to the polls, more | rsonal adherents than all the others combined. Yank and file and a good many of the leaders of Apollo Hall are principally meimbers of O'Brien | associations, and in the wards—Kighteenth and Twenty-first—which he claims as his own, he is served with a fidelity and unquestioned devotion oy the laboring and mechanical classes therein t equal to that which was once to Fernando Wood when he ruled the roast over all | Manhattanville, He will want all the support he can Ret, before the campaign is ended. Brennan is not in the field in this campaign, and consequently | he can, like a good, shrewd general, hold his forces im hand till he sees an opportunity to make them @vailable for securing a prospective advantage, the | ‘Opportunities for which will not be wanting. THE MAYORALTY fa the great prize in the municipal contest. But | beyond the honor of being Chief Magistrate of the Empire City— his everything, perhaps, in it- self—there is little responsibility and less patronage to itin the coming year. This will be seen from the fact that Mayor Hall, the pres- ent incumbent, has already appointed all the heads ot departments for long terms, accord- ing to the charter. The new Mayor will have no appointments to make and no atronage to bestow. He will be & mere Agure-hend in the government of the city. The present Mayor, before he leprae bh all the Marshals of District Courts, School Inspectors and School Trustees, all the petty officers, in fact, d. The Boards of Apportionment and lit expire by limitation of time, and the present Mayor, with the heads of the various departments, will make up all the estimates of city expenditure and requirements for the next year, 80 that, in fact, as we said before, the next Mayor Mw the cit; rena York will be more ornamental than useful, ‘THE VACANCIES, In view of the muddled state of affairs political, as above sketched, there would be little profit and as little interest in enumerating the candidates who are ready to enter the field for the prizes they aspire to. The new National Democratic Committee will, in a few weeks more, take defintte shape and will enter upon decided action. Then, and not till then, the whole small fry of politicians will take to the bait that may be offered them to nibble at, and the leaders will be able to calculate the strength and take action accordingly. The party leaders that are behind the NEW NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTER do not calenlate upon taking any particularly ac- tive part in the present campaign beyond givin, their combined strength to the conservative candi- date for the Presidency. Their principal ovject, after the smoke of the present buttle fades awav, Will be to reorganize the democratic — of the city and make it again a power in the THE HUNGARIAN POLITICAL MEETING. Pa i 2 ds The Magyars Refuse to Join a Grant and Wilson Club—They Are Not To Be Used for Political Purposes—The Mcet- ing a Miserable Failure. In response to a notice requesting a meeting of Hungarians at 174 Grand strect a full number of the: Fapearian organization assembled as specified. z ’y~—~4 object of the meeting was to organize a Grint ang tes lab under the auaplce: he organization, but SuaUen UU ting: sore: 4 q ample testimony that such an object could ‘not there and then be accomplished. In order to give a disinterested account of the troublesome aspect the face of the meeting wore it ‘Will be necessary first to give a brief HISTORY OF THE HUNGARIAN ORGANIZATION. It has been in existence since 1861, and is now in & Very satistactory condition. According to a state- ment made by Counsellor William N. Loew, who oceupied the chair for go brief a time Inst evening, the organization contains 240 males; but according to Counsellor Frank Malocaay it contains only abont eighty-five active members, and only seventy of these are Magyars. This is an important point to Notice, as it has been wrongly stated that there Are 4,000 Magayrs in New York. The organization was formed for literary and debating pur- poses on the general questions of the ae, and not to be the tnstrument of any political power or candidate. | Mr. Joseph Gressek is the president at present, Counsellor Frank Malocsay secret and trustee, and Mr. Michael Ballogh treasurer. Mr. Loew, who undertook to address the meetin, it is alleged is not an official member, and Mr. Ma- locsay declared to the men assembled that he (Mr, Loew) was there without permission — ? rae When Mr. Loew arose to speak, he was received by no less than @ dozen pert interrogations from the enthusiastic and flery Magyars, of whom Mr. Malocsay seemed the most determinedly persever- ing. He said the speaker had no ai thority to ad- dress an association to which he did not belong, and the more especially ou politics, which were not to be discussed in the club room of the Hungarian organization. Mr. Loew got confused, and seemed for a time to be powerless in speech and act, He was allowed to speak and was.again interrupted. General Grant there was murmuring, shu of feet, expressions from the Magyars, ‘The tonne Dians, the Trangylvanians and the )almatians—for | all these nationalities were represented—anti finally Mr. Loew had to give up the ship, pick up his peraphernalia, leave the Hungarian Hail and go to organize a Grant and Wilson club somewhere else. He went around the corner to Broome street, but only very few followed him. ‘Those whom he deemed his satellites seemed to repudiate his con- | bi Mcult to get a liberal re- publican, able {! willing and acceptable to all, to take Mr. Conklf’s place in the United States Sen- ae. f | “dark” man, lj, 88 compromise will be the ord of the day, ote be din io carriage he was greeted with hearty applause | from the large crowd, which he smilingly acknow- | he was greeted with another hearty round of | applause, a large number of the ladies on board | Greeley overheard the remark in passing to the boat. “When he had got on board he said, “Where | is that boy *—fourth edition—I want a paper.” The paper was procured for him and he was soon eagerly absorbed in its contents, but did not read jong, asa | crowd of friends surrounded him to offer attentions. | Mr. Ladd, of Vermont, a member of the National Lib- | eral Committee, asked him to spend some time at Mr. | Ladd’s place in Vermont—an oifer which Mr. Gree- | | ley, after a moment's consideration, a He | goes to Fall River on the boat, aud from Fall River | will proceed to Bristol. He will be the gnest of | Senator Spracue, of Rhode Island, on Monday, and on Tuesday will be present at a monster clam bake to be given in his honor. The entire trip will oc- cupy about two weeks; but the particular places Mr. Greeley is to visit have not ail been name. | WEST VIRGINIA ELECTION. Lewispvna, W. Va., August 3, 1572. | ‘The election takes place in this State on the 22d | Ingt. on the adoption of the new constitution and | for State oficers. Both parties are making a hard | fight. ROBBERY AT THE HAMBURG DOCK. A gang of thieves, supposed to belong to New keto to mve Mermmon geavily ingreased Albion; Colonel John C, Schenck, North Caroli D, by Buadock, Foup., aud ¢, P. Hununedyn, Vaiog THIONGRESSIONAL TICKET. Rhode Island. Mr. Greeley was a long time in| The Congres#al districts have all been cnt up making his appearance and the boat had almost | and redistrictémaking it simply impossible to started before his arrival. On lighting from his | predicate anyhg upon past election results as | participating in the ovation. A newsboy in the | wards not lMofore included in the district | crowd on seeing him approach said to another boy | that Cox el, in fact, legisiated out, inde- | near him, “Here, hold my papers: I want to speak | pendent of afuances he might have had tor re- to Mr. Greeley; he and I are old friends.” Mr. | election as thstrict stood Leiore, and the sun of | his represendn there sets forever. to how the coi election wil! be decided, last. Legislatu, republican, | having adjourned | u windows, and finally caught hold ff th | jedged. He was attired in white duck vest and | before full repeotation was given to the Stare ee pants of the same, with a loose alpaca coat under the ne intment act by Congress. There pe Ppa RD ad agg ORE | carelessly thrown over his shoulders,” A black | is one Congremn st-latge to be elected from this | stays, paper-hatgiues ker Too? akitta, j Mecktie | was Knotted carelessly wuder his | city. In the fymandering process proposed in | Conmimed’ hea MaNmines ken was quickly shirt collar and on his head he wore the the redistricti/of this city, which presents an arrived so promptly and dt Ke famous white hat. On entering the boat | inextricable pp Of patchwork, Cox’s old demo- F | og ig Me OR cratic districf® been so cut up and merged here and thento republican districts of other An effort will be made put him on the general ticket for ejection as Cfessman at large until the appor- tionment forp city is peal decided upon. The Fourth distri done aly her away with inthe city, the low@umbered district being the Fifth (formerly thourth), Rooseveit’s oid district, THOLLO HALL COUP D'Rrat, Perhaps 1 political event haa occurred since the goqd warlike days of Tammany and | ; Mozart that pecasioned such general discussion in all politicfcles as Senator O’Brien’s action Apollo Hall flesday night last, It must be con- ceded that afair advan: was intended to be e! \" Exec ve en o'cl ° Poenccekehe It Wan the mee ree ee ie must | Carmuter and 6 beamed otal anemare: ship dnty of thhirman of an imluentian. pan ped | Mullen was swept overboard by a hugs wave ei organizati eno step or action imperilling | the other men sacrificed their tives in trying to A oy a Hale le was % ut cousultation oie he advice ha¢reon, Mr. Wickham violavcdcif STABBING APPRAY. not. in O'Brien moch for hbre—yet in spirit the tupredion es rinciple ¥ hound the party toz Foun detain’ he contompiateg see ey ytte himself, atl coup d'état that followed belongs @ hurri Teo ‘ied up from Sara- of right vo nator, Wn f ten o'clock, in the fourth floor of Messrs. Weeks & Co.'s store, 107 Duane street, jory. 80 far, attach additional importance to av accident extinguished at midnight, watchmen were in guard of the premises. The loss is supposed not to exceed 310,000, vesan Galveston. A Captain Brown informed the teenth street Jacob Keller, of 433 East Fifteenth street, stabbed Nicting a dan; FIRE IN DUANE STREET, A fire broke out last night, about a quarter to The fourth floor was entirely burned before the fire engines could play Successfully upon the building. The flames then issued through the third, fourth and fifth story tually the building would have certainly been an utter wreck. The adjoining stores, being filled with immense wealthy material, fortunately escaped in- The locality and circumstances of the case, which under any dilatory poaligence might have terminated more seriously. The fire was thoroughly and the firemen and NEWARKERS DROWNED AT SEA, Mr. Charles Raymond, a Sandy Hook pilot, states that while cruising off Cape Hatteras on the morn. | ng of the 28th ult. he spoke the bark Henry Stuy- Captain Brown, bound from New York to h sea Was running at the time and captain of the Charles During a quarrel lasé night at No. 405 Bast Seven- James Horan in the left side, in- ferous wound, Horan was sent to ellevue Hospital and Keller was arrested. Average temperature Warden being forewarned. cell bars, and @ carriage, outside to receive him, he are safely secured. desperate burglars in the country. & A LETTER FROM GEWERAL DIX. —_—_—— His Reasons for Preferring Grant To Greeley. Wesr Hawpron, Joly 27, 1872. DzaR Str—Your letter of the 13th inst., asking my aid to procure a speaker for a Greeley meeting at Hancock, was sent to me while I was in New England, and I have been unable until now to acknowledge its reception. I do not understand on what ground you con- sidered yourself authorized to address snch a re« quest tome, If you had been familiar with the course of my public life, and equally so with Mr. Greeley.’s, you could not have supposed me capable of advocating his election to the office of Prest- dent of the United States without imputing tome the utter abandonment of all political principle. 1 am opposed to Mr. Greeley :— First. cause I believe him to be as “unstable as water,” perpetually floundering (to carry out the Scriptural figure) amtd the surges of opinions and deficient ip all the requisites essential to a firm, steady and consistent administration of the government. Srcond—Because he has usually been found among the most extreme ultraists on the great questions of political and social duty which have been brought under public discussion during the last quarter of a century. Third—Because be has been the advocate (andin: this instance persistently) of that most unjust and unequal commercial sytem which ts destroying our mercantile and shipping interests and heaping up enormous accumulations of wealth in the hands of the protected classes, to the oppression and im- poverishment of all others, Fourth—Because he is associated. in relations More or less intimate, with some of the chief plun-, derers of the city of New York, Justly warrant the apprehension that through his pe me his factle disposition the same system of fraud and! corruption which has disgraced the municipal gov- ernment of this city may be carried to more mous extremes in the administration of the federal government; and, Fit—Becrase in the darkest hour of the coun-; try’s peril, when a traitorous combination pad been formed to overthrow the government, he openly counselled the cowardly policy of non- resistance and an acquiescence in the dissolution! of the Union, whenever the Cotton States should’ make up their minds to go. The coalition which has been formed to promote his election is one of the most extraordinary in the history of parties, in respect both tu the discordant elements it embraces and the surreuder of princi- ples it involves, The Cincinnatt Convention, called to bring before the people important measures of re form, nominated him, grea. to the si of the whole country, knowing him, in rej to one of those measures, to be an implacable op-' ponent—nominated him, too, against the wishes and judgment of the chief promoters of the move- nent, who accepted him, either with an avowed or an ill-concealed disgust, which would be far more creditable to their feelings if the act of acceptance pal not utterly irreconcilable with their prin+ ciples, © Democratic Convention at Baltimore en< dorsed and commended him to the support of their Pate Rot Be the exponent of any principles they ave professed, or any measures they have advo- cated, but as a known and bitter opponent both—the man who, perhaps, of ali others has beem the most malignant of the democracy, impeaching its integrity, traducing its motives and vilifying ita character, The adoption of such a man as their candidate for the Chief Magistracy of the Union is the most con- spicuous abandonment of political principles known to party contests, It remains to be seen whether the great body of the democratic voters, and the true friends of re- form, can be made parties to this unscrupulous coalition between political leaders. That General Grant has committed mistakes his most sincere friends admit. But if his errors had been fourfold more numerous he would, in my opinion, be a much better Chief Magistrate than Mr. reeley, He has in that Ga the done much for which he deserves the thanks of the country. Above all, he has kept it at peace, notwithstanding th efforts of sensation journals ond popularity- seeking politicians to provoke hostilities wit Spain on the question of Cuba, and wit Great Britain on the Alabama claims and the) fisheries, If, rewardless of these titles to the fs aban his fellow citizens, and of his invaluab! services during the late civil war, they should; set him aside for Mr. Greeley; if the latter, a Mere erratic politician, untried in any tmpor- tant public trust, should be clevated to the Chief Magistracy of the Union—a Union whicty would not now exist if his counsels had been followed—and if the man who, of all others, has done the most to preserve it should be discarded for @ successor so Ill qualified and so unacrupu- lously nominated and sustained, the example would be most deplorable in its {nfluence on alt high motives to political action and justify the most painful forebodings as to the future, Iam re spectfully yours, JOHN A. DIX. A. B. CORNWELL, Hancock, N. Y. tg THE WEATHER. eae WAR DRPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 4—1 A. M. Probabilities, Northerly winds, veering to northeasterly, from Lake Ontario to Virginia, with clear weather exe tending over the Middis and Eastern States. North- westerly winds, veering to easterly, on the South Atlantic and Gulf, with partly cloudy and possibly threatening weather on Sunday. Falling barometer in all the Northwest, with cloudy weather an@ northeasterly winds extending eastward over the Ohio Valley and the upper lakes. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding day of last yer as indicated by the thermometer at Hi Pharmacy, HERALD Building cated 1871, 1872. M. M rature for corresponding date last year, BURGLARS BREAKING JAIL. Desperate Characters Attempting to Es- cape from the Essex County Jall=The Authorities Forewarned and the Con- victs Again Secured. NEWARK, N. J., August 4—1 A. M. A desperate attempt to break from the Fesex County Jail here, was made last night by Bill Por- ter, @ burglar, and Harris, the notorious receiver, ut was frustrated, the Chief of Police and the Porter had severed his with confederates, was He was caught and handcuffed. A pistol, cart- jumped and closed % “4 ’ the Presidenti{issne, he n : in them. Thus failed the $ founc ; J : | ghost aa changhat his name willbe eons | attempt to form the Hungarian Grant aud Wiles He has been trios far Bote Peon bank, Dargiar. of in that conction. The candidate is yet a | ire ish Bena 8 to auswer ten indictments in Boston, Harris and Porter is one of the most MOBBING COLORED GREELEYITES. Montoomeny, Ala., August 3, 1872, Two nights ago fifteen colored men tormed @ Liberal Republican Club here, since which time three of the number have been seriously maltr | by colored republicans, One of them aamed Yabo. Henry was to-day stabbed in five plac - gerously hurt. ’ a a HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL STORM, ‘ Binauamton, N. Y., August 3, 1872. A violent rain and hail storm passed eastwardly along the New York and Pennaylvania line about } oe o’clock yesterday. The Rino Creek, which | empties into Big Snake Creek, just south of the State line of Susquehanna county, raised so as to overflow its narrow valley in a few minutes, and the volume of water was #0 great that fences, bridges and buildings within its reach were carried away. A honse occupied by a family named Owens, near the forks of the creek, was under- mined and torn down, and two children were drowned. The parents escaped. The bodies of the children were found buried in the driftwood to-day. THE PAOIPIO COAST. SAN Francisco, August 2, 1872, James Crothy, alfas Short-Haired Jimmy, was shot down in cold blood thw evening in Cady'’s saloon on Montgomery street, by a man, supposed to be Russell, a convict, iat out of the State Prison. Crothy has not spoken since the sh 4 The police are seeking Russell looting PROBABLE HOMIOIDE IN JERSBY CITY. A desperate affray Odcurted two nights ago ina Nqhor Saloon kept by John Catill at the corner of Hudson aud “Morris streets, Jersey City, which only toga an ‘urn the tables upon reached By ‘adie thir ye: ached the ears of the police yesterday. A you York, made a haul on the Hamburg dock in Hobo- be Bo vomla have sold him and his FoRsAKING AN INFANT. hamed Janes Walsh entered the store ahd was ken some time during Friday night, They broke | forme 9 ge —— 3 Harn Cie nace i ten. of te, Reema into the Inspector's office on the and carried | endoi nati and Kaitimore nominees | _ Helen Wright, a colored woman, was arrested by ah, Who 1a & cripple, Was battered wish a heayy therefrom two cases of gold watches and four cases | for ene and Vice Presidency, but quite | the police last night for abandoning a male child iti conyeyed to the City Hospital and there ia of champagne, Valued altogether at $5, . -, ¥ other t| AW chief of the Apolio Hall re- | in Eighteenth street, near Ninth avenue, which | no hope of his reeovery. Last evening he was trace of e river ona has been jow ™ ie + ll Le a to Inre aside and | her daughter has just given birth to. The woman | sinking so rapidiy that it was believed he could not goods were consigne to the agents of the am: a ‘ts bat pian absence of some | said to the police she was leaving the child in the | survive till to-day. Young Qabill ded fram the city Abi compan hdl Inepliol gpd fruRied of ite | strept im the hope pome one Wynld take cage of it | and bag not been captured, -