Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1871, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISEED DAILY, Sunday excepted, At The Star Buildings, Cormer Pennsylvania ay, and Lith st, BY TER BVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY. THE STAB ts served by carriers to thetr etd- seribers tn the City and Distriet at TAN CENTS PR WEEK or FORTY-FOUR CxNts Pak 4ONTH. Copies St the counter, Two Cry PRE FoR Martine:—Three Months, 91.50: ‘Stz Months, ¢ One Year, $6.00. Mo papers &re sent from the office longer than paid for. THE WEEKLY STAB~pcblished om Friday morning—@1.60 2 year, e SENATE.—Mr. Conkling offered a resolution to appoint a committee of two Senators to wait on the President, in sonjunction with a similar ‘the Hi a Sie ieisios Soccer make So Congress ‘the two Houses are ready to ome urn ~ “Te resolution was adopted, and the Chair eres Ss the Senate commitice, Moserss i Sud Davis of Ketttucky. Mr. West introduced a bill to incorporate tha » New Mexico and Kansas Kailw . Louisiana TWO CENTS, | “Tn0*Shiate men, at 5 z @ stone's throw of each other. Voting was go- 5 ing on steadily all the morning, aie ticki,ts a | being voted throughout. At 10 o’clock a, m. the fet of voters stood as follows :—First pre- cinct, 230, of whom 157 were colored; second precinct, T07, of whom 80 were colored; ‘bird QUR NEW GOVERNMENT, | Precinct, w1.'of whom 55 were colored; frvarth precinct, 95, of whom 4 were colored. The into executive session. , | HOUSE OF REPRESENTaTIVES.—im- = s a iately after the House was called to order AT ; —Island Hall, corner of Vir- At3 15 p. m. the vot stood:—In the first pre- ' mediate! EVEN IN G STA ’e streets. givia avenue and 6th street southwest. N cin t, 268; seoond, 271; third, early the VI cToO RY! the clerk of the Senate made bis appearance — —— ‘The four precincts in this district are within | Scoora Precinct.—Isiand Hall, corner of oth i) full NECOND EDIT, LATER RETURNS. Ther and announced that the Senate had agreed ta street and Virginia avenue southwest. jority! |e Saseeeery ae Merrick Defeated by 2,500 Majority! | so nea pemed a sonsustent vessbation 00 Journ at two o'clock on Thursday, the 2ist inet, |" Mr. Poland, (Vt.) from conference com- vote. At first precinct of this district, about 3.00 P. m.,som¢ Wards passed between a colored man named Kobert Humbert and an unknown white man. Some commotion was caused by it. The colored man was arrested and carried to the stationlouse. At the second precinet Mr. D. Barrett pre- -—Isiand Hall, corner of Vir- givia avenue and 6th street. Fourth Precinct—Island Hall, corner of sth street and Virginia avenue. The crowd was it in thia district, and most of the votes"polled up co 10 o'clock were of colored men. and very few are scratching Bos- And Yet He is Vot Bap | and briefly explained the action of the com- paatiemamemeed sented Thomas ——) who made =, that = | mittee, holding that the reed for pd Sher- aiesed fer Chipa well. ‘The precincts, it will be seen, arevall at had been before the Board of Registration, and | tan Gmondaut wes practically an abondar- ———— empties Eigh a aineeiee — Tetand Hall, and 9 great crowd was waiting | HURRAH FOR CHIPMAN! | they bad failed to put bis name gm the list, and | ‘The returns as we go to press with our second ment of that feature the bil.” °° ° IRST i Re; 2 954 white, 741 col- | about the building this morning. slemanded they should take his vote. . mm.) tho: ar first | r. Shellabarger (Ohio) said he did not desi FIRST DELEGATE TO CONGRESS. cued Guudiduten Uehen hoe ae Bweh. AriaaT = board said they would give their decision in a | @!tion (4 p. m.) confirm those g ven in our fire sprung suddenly up between a white man named Springiman and two colored men, in which fists only were used, but the police made a rush for them, and took them all to the station house, & large crowd following. The repab- licans clAim 250 majority in this trict. A colored man named Thomas Davis was ar- rested at the tirst precinct in this district fer attempting to vote atter having voted at the second precinet under another name. Sergeant Pearce took him to the station-house. A large crowé started with him, and the officer had to force them back. With this exceptiomthe elec- tion progressed in a very orderly manner this morning. Complaint was made here that the lists given the superinzendents do not contain all the names on the printed lists, one man who hes voted for forty years in this city saying he = Miller, dem. Cc P Firat Precinct.—Polls lith and Q stree ta. - Second Precinct —Polls 1603 Uth street N. W. HIPMAN THE MAN. Third Precinct —Polls @ street, bety een Lith and 12th. i In this district when the polls were opened a Tine of abeut 200 voters was formed a';each pre- net, nine-tenth of whom were colored yo! Ail the judges and clerks were present. T @ bas progressed very rapidiy. From pr »pearanees the greater part ef the balio’s . by }2oveleek. Every‘ himgbas been quiet. At o'clock &t the first pre votes had been cast, ¢€ which it ie imated 33 were for Merrick; 8¢ send precine’ cast, 20 for Merrick; third prs jetnct, 193 cast, ) for Merrick Ninth Distric ¢ it to be understood that the substitute did not amount to much. He considered i a» more fectual in reaching al! classes of oftenders halt hour. Merrick men etill claim this dis- trict by about 110. enteenth District. In the first precinct 314 votes had been polled at 10 o'clock, of which number about were supported to be republican. Second precinc = votes polled at 10 o’clock, of which numt 290 are thought to be for Boswell, and a larger number for Chipman. Third precinct 320 votes Hed, of which number 204 are claimed 1 joswell's friends. At fourth precinet, ope o'clock, 300 votes bien polled, about two-thirds of which are thought to be republi- ean. In this district the Merrick committse had the republican ticket counterfeited, and were circulating the imitations at 11 o'clock, and the Chipman men had their ticket changed from a edition, indicating a heavy majority for Chip- man, estimated at not less than 2,000 and by under the d section than the Sherman many at a higher figura section. It estimated that tHe Ist district has gone re- Mr. Whitthorne (Tenn ) appealed to the House to insist upon the Publican by 450 majo the 24, 150; 4th, REPEAL OF TRE TEST OATH, Sth, 150; Gh, 9th, and charged thai the measure woul: only ter ; Sth, 150; . . * | to irritanon and consequent increased disor 75; th, 50; 1th, 170; 17tn, 2th, 100; 224, ¢ WHERE ARE WE Now? A LONG WAYS AHEAD AND STILL ~ GAINING, WR, MERRICK LEARNING TO SING, “PUT ME IN MY LITTLE BED.” OUR FIRST LEGISLATURE. aud that it was coutrary to what the prew : EE SE tion of Congrer> bad led them to expect. oe yen i Comeren THE PREVIOUS QUESTION by Was then seconded. “| Mr. Kerr, J.) maintetned that there was existing in the country th ded the passage of aby tmeasure ike th lth, by 99; 12th, by 250; 13th, b 450; 16th, by 7%; and 29th, by 100. This will make a republican majority of HE WILL TAKE HIS BLACK BABY WITH Hist. h had originated in the House or now 1] +} s ‘ j " himself disfrancbised thereby. striped back to a star back. A number of | about 2.500 in the District. to it from the Senate. He bad read by U all the Precincis. idan ret SOteTs—SiA w Ieite, 368 color bani “Kighecenth eoerans tickets with Dr. Wm. Boyd’s name pasted over — -20-- clerk an article from the Chicago Tribune, Candidates, A. S. Solomons, mop.; 8. G. La Registered voters 18-997 white, 611 co! First District Bogwell’s appeared towards noon, and it is SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE, ted, “Sbailthe sword supersede the law a Jog: dem. sang. ais dates, W. i. Hunt, tep.; George A. Se Py in At the second precinct oF the | thonght some ave been voted by mistake, . . * and warned the other side that the time wou 4 or r ae Ge cont —Polle Uniors ital, 14th street § ¢ tee eee first district, 330 votes Lad been polled, of which | ‘They are narsowly watched for, a com@when they would regret the passage o! Vi CcCTto RY! yl ¢— Pols Ui we Bai. 12% First Preoinst.—No. 462 H street southwest. Merrick bad 0. . At the tirst precinct, at 230 p. m., there had Proclamation by the President. pre map tivncer a ame rx Precinct —Polls Un’ en Hall, 14th street * No. 462 H street southwest. At the third precinct, at the same hour, 310 | been 315 votes c2 t, the republican vote 0 ahead; second precinct, 418 votes cast, of which “is were of colored men; third precinct, 440 votes polled, of which about 300 were for Chip- | Mr. Beck ( Ky.) charged that the Honse had The followirg proclamation bas just been | abandoned the only feature: ot the bill tha issued by President Grant : made it tolerable, and said that had not th votes had been cast, of which Merrick had ceived but 65. in the two Uniontown pre@inets abont “0 The voting in this district “progressed steadily and quietly this morning. At 11 o'clock at the precinct 178 votes ht .d been cast; in the L street southwest. 0. 719 Gth street sputhwest d been cast in the first and CHIPMAN -LARGELY AHEAD! Presiden’ i ‘ repeal ot the test oath tor jurors been pat i: . t 191 vote: second precincts of this district at 10 o’clock a, | votes had been cast at 2); o'clock p.m.,and the | man, who ie Tuntine ahead ot Bacon | By the toftheUnited States of America | teE Wii ie cnud-ncces hace awed tie jour — vente Pas tose ee Ber Cbleekan ie || may smeet oC thems Chipinae aed Dent eenone || Gemmocrate al thet tiene wave up the contest and | precinct; fourth precinct, 346 votes polled, of A PROCLAMATION | The measure was a premeditated plan ot th: ahead, at kee Ad. | The third pretinet ix tm a mad bole, and the | conceded that the district was good for 30) re. and will, it isthow ght, keep abead. Tenth D istrict. Registered voters, «£2 whites, 193 colored. Candidates, D. W. BY iss, rep; J.-F. Ennis, which 190 were colored and 156 white. Boswell is supposed te be a long ways ahead of Dowling in this precinet. 6 votes received up to 3.30 o’clotk, leaving less thau 500 to poll according to the registered aE RTEN Whereas objects of interest to the United | radicalr to send down corrupt jndges, and SCENES —_ INCIDENTS States require that the Senate should be con- couteetiing the juries deprive the poop.e of thy Vened at 12 0’clock on Wednesday, the tenth day | Tight. of May next, to receive and act-upon such com- | r. Butler ( Mass.) said there were publican majority at least. Fifth District. At 2o’clock the vote in the varions precincts Of this district stood as follows: First precinct voters are inclined to cast their ballots and get away as fast as possible. Aboat 140 votes had beer polled here, most of which were re- publican. The fourth precinct is ‘The cstizens of t THREE PorTs > bE: hole. All is quiet here c 9% whites, and 225 colored; second precinct, | vote. It is believed by Boswell’s friends thet | munications as may be made to it on the partof | in the bill which he thought worth preserr to-day holding the First Pr —Polls cogner of i3th and EY Sue a hens at &. 30 o'clock; about 3 to 1 whites 107, colored 133; third precinct, Chive lin bis nrajority will be betwee 400 and 500, and | the Executive | The rigbt of the government to protect the had been ¢ 5 " . cent act of © eee EE tnFey ef for Cbtoman and Hunt. The republican major- J colored 167; a total of 320 white and 525 colored | that Chipman * majority will beabout thesame. | Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S.Grant, President | Of citizens. It gave power to the presties . t Seond Precinct ols corner of 13th and E ity in this district will beover 400. voters. Eighteenth District. . “ use the strong arm to suppress outrages = ernment, ar a streets. = - athe Sistrtet; Sixth District, At the first precinct,at 1:30 p.m. 240 votes had |-% the United States, | lave considered it to be | disorders of all kinds, and it detived the powor ee a haie-pert Gye Sebo nie areata! I egtterea trtee Oat oe ett ine eolorea. | In thie alse iio, ipabttal speculation as to | heen polled, of which number 150 were colored. | MY uty to issue this my proclamation, de. | of the general government in relation {9 the Legiv'acnre. 1 dates for this responsi be a a.m. the cudges had little tac re J Candidates, OC. W. Murray, rep., and Joun | how the case stands, there being so many Mer- | In this precinct there are many white republi- | claring that an extraordinary occasion requires | ~~ OE chad sabek in es . ble position are we P. Chipman, re pub- Ps tian hath very onder ly. Noestimate could ie | Hogan, dem. rick tickets printed on Chipman paper. At cans, and Hunt's election is ‘certain by 400 to | the Senate of the United States to convene for | . Gi ep: . Beck, and lican, and Mr. RK. T. Merrick, democrat, both . S vata erst Precinct.—Corner of 4th and H streets, northeast. Second Precinct.—Corner of 3d and H streets, northeast. At 10 o'clock a. m., at the first precinct, 1% Dallots had been voted; at the second precinct, 771 ballots. The voters began to assembie abou' 7.90 p.m, Voting was proceeding quietly this morning. The Merrick men claim this district dy 100 majority. At 11:40 a. m. in the first preeinct 19% yoters had deposited their ballots; in the second pre- cinct, 179. In this district there seemis to be a Split, there bei a Chipman ticket in the tel made owing to the absence ef tally-keepers this district. At the second precinct the was very slow; no crowd. The yote wi] lc close, but the sepublicaus claim a small ma- jority. ‘The voting in the first precinct during the morning continued very slow, about = . had been cast at 11 o'clock, mostly whites: At the secend precinet 237 votes had been ca-'. majority colored. Eleventh District. Registered voters 51, ¢st white, o’clock 195 votes had been cast at the first P cinct and 183 at the second, a total of 378. ‘The democrats claim a majority now, but the repay. licans are still contident. Seventh District. ‘The vote at the various pxecincts in this dis. trict at 2 p. m. wax progressing quietiy, things seeming to go alf one way. There was some excitement on account of the crowds gathering around the Lali | places, which are quite close tog: ther, but no disorder has yet occurred. The number of votes cast up to lows: First precinct, w second precinct, whites of whom sre personally unobjectionable; bat General Chipman being in accord with the 0 and a majority of the y in which he expects to represent the peo- ¢ Ble of this I Ul be better able “0 pro- nterests than a representa’ ive an- both the executive and legisla- tive brancRes of the general gove rnment. The Legislature of the new govern ent will courist of a Council of eleven mem! ers, ap- pointed by the President, and a Hous 2 of as maintained that there bad been material od. - Seations made in the jury act, which were to be the City of Washington, on Wednesday, the | oppgsed, although he would have deareles tenth day of May ueat, at twelve o'clock on | Rave seen the whole wet repealed. He thought that day, of which all who ehal! at that time be | COm&Tes* bad now perfected a wise and jadi- ed te oct chomp cious bill strong enough to protect the rigtits of enti ‘0 act as members of that body are | citizens without imvading the rights of the hereby required to take notice. | States. Given under my band and the seal of the PAC*AGE OF THE RUKLUX BILI. United States, at Washington. the twen- | | ‘Thereport of the committee was then agrend tieth day of April, in the year of our | toby & strict party vote—ayes 93, Does 74, Mr, (t.8.] Lord one thousand eight hundred and | ‘arnsworth (Hl.) not voting. seventy-one, and of the independence of | Nearly every absentee was announced as 500 majority. In the second crepe led up to 1:30 p. m., with a republican majority of about?5. Third precinct, 308 votes polled, not quch more tnan fiftyof wmich ate claimed by Merrick men.” Fourth precinct, at 1:30 p. m. 208 votes bad been polled, of which number ouly 52 were democratic. ; The registered vote is nearly all in, andit is believed that Hunt wil! get from 300 to 400 ma- .ority, and Chipman above that nam r, Every- thing i+ very quiet, no distarbance whatever having occurred since the small Sight tris morning. Both parties are doing their best. and the committees are working hard to get the transaction of business, at the Capitol, in 4 calore:t. lates, Ellwood Champlin, rep; Thos. P. Mm. was as fol- c Lieyd, dem. 8 119, colored 241; i), colored 125; thira —— a mae fs then, at 11.58, adjourned, Sonat = a with John Hogan’s name on it. precinct, whites 47, colored 188; fourth precinct, | their voters up. nfth. J.8. Granr. D 5 a eembly, with twenty-two members, « me from a Bat taped tec ha Twentieth District whites 5i, colored 's2; a total of 810—not ite Nineteenth District. By the President: __ Thursday's Session. each of the legislative districts intow hich we} 4 Thin unG woud toate Itteox gloomy ae Registered voters, 1,101—1,053 white, 5:7 col- | half the registered vote. A man named John Shylock, who was drunk AMILTON FIR, Secretary of Stat Mr. Conger (Mich.) moved that Wider D. Territory has beew divided. The me mber Polling places here. Everything has progressed | O'€4. Candidates, Joseph G, Carrell, rep., ati = Eighth District. In this district, up to haif- past twelve o'clock & 5 votes (or nearly two-thirds of the whole} had been polled in the three precints. 240 in the first, 205 in the second; 330 in the third. Mr Chipman bas received about three-titths of the whole number of the the votes polled so ta- About quarter-past twelve, Mr. Merrick ir and disorderly, and attempted’ to vote twice at the second precinct, was arrested by officer» Wilton and Jenifer,and carried to the seventh precinct station-house. At two o'clock the vote stood—First preci 229; second precinet, 225. Merrick ahead abou! hity, Snowden W. Kobinson, dem. First Pre —Polls, school-honse on street, between B and O streets, southe: Second Precine!.—Polls near the school on ist street, between B and C east Third Precinct.—Polls at the school-house on — +200. | Foster. member elect from the fourth Michigan CONVERTING THE SarnTs.—The English | district might be sworn in in the absence of an Methodists, among whom the Mormons obtain | official certificate. many converts, are organizing a system by | Objection was made on the ground of imior- which they hope to obtain back many of the de- | Wality and the motion was disagreed to. inded people from the ranks of Brigham Young. | Mr. Beck (Ky.) asked leave to introduce a ‘The plan of operations proposed is to carry the | Joint resolution asserting the power of the House the House of Assembly are_also being veted for to-day, ard we give be!ow the nam es of Candidates in al! the districts, wit) th: ) rese the voting, and scenes and incidents the precincts in al uietly thug far, the voters coming up slowly. So far at these voting precincts the Merrick and Lloyd ticket is akead. The democra:s pouse reets, souti 8 votes had been polled . about 160 of which wera » and Champlin. At the second t Twentieth District irltnal war into the enemy's country and re- | to make or withbold ay riations for carrying - otes polled, of which nnzber | Jt street, between B and C streets, southe company with Mr. McKnight, republican can MRS. GRIFFING'S VOTE REPUSED, malonate, backsliders. To accomplish this, | Out the provision of treaties involving the out ‘Ther tan early he his ipman and Champlin. Evers. In this district there was a small cro: didate in the ltth district, drove up to the poll: At the first precinct of the Twentieth district, Peonaries are to be sent out to Utah from | @¥ of money, but objection was made. ae morning the colere & vets-e, in F * f each precinct window at * o'clock Aunid cheers aud hisses. Everything very quiet | about 1 o'clock, Mre. Josephine S. Grifting. r England, aud by a feries of camp-meetings near | _ Ot Motion of Mr. Dawes (Mass.) the Senate saaaner the asemt ging larger number at each polling n thit district. siding on North Capitol strhet, appeased to | the City of the Saints convince tham of the ai onneanie ws eR gistered voters— 5s? w! ad and it was estimate Ninth District. vote, and Capt Loomis, of the Post Otice De- | fulness of their polygamic habits, ' a ALA voting places the hour alesig ates, Joseph Gerhardt ake three precincts The voting im this precimet has continued | partment e her his place in the line. Mr _ -see- —< ying ak ; for the open ls, Sovelock s. x: ckson. dem. had been deposited, b thr tho atternoon’ without the slighest | A. G. Rid ed her, and took _ TO Stor BLEERDINa.—{t is said that bleedin ee Seed en) and SETS t I'recinet—Polls 9th street, between » 9 Merrick, and the dista @. At3 o'clock S47 votes tad pee fe of the ratl. Birs. G. wax re- | from a wound, on man or beast. may be stop } Fly yc ee Penaton She vesudtican t on carrying the district b: . polled, (more than three-fourths of Mr. Marcellus Marceron, who, aftor | by a mixture of wheat flour and common eyir, Spon to wat apen Sho Preside t.—Polls the demograts, how. profees to be | tered vote n the firat precin id» U have presented msself to vote.” | in equal parts, bound on acloth. If the biget- | Committce of the Sen » inches leag ar and sanguine of carr riet for the second. Chipman ahead. We will be glad to receive your bal- | ing te profuse, use a large «juantity trom | the two houses were ready to ad Oe Were me: ked « red tthe crowd | SPU tbis morning a bet of $59 was ma been mad 3 distric s your name is ou the List,” and one of tie | one to three pints, It may be lefton for hours, | __ Mr. Lowe (Kan ers cakes an sae apd blue t These e polls, and | Both parties working hard, Mr. Sirict® SEES many clerks have voted in this | superintendents commenced to look over the | or even days if necessary | take from the Speaker's table ai Jnl a tickets wer he lock a. m. only about 120 votes we onnolly man: th istrict. The two candidates for the lowe: | book. Mrs. G. said she had been refused reg.s ——_—_—-6. il to provide for the saie of certain In democrats, t ‘ of white men. At the secon) | fF the Teput House fave both beem on the ground to-day, | tretion, and had prepared an affidavit to that | &@Maine hap originated lobater andy, in Kaneas known as Cherokee scrip, bear a abe, bat did | Erecinct re were very few voters wher demo and are working hard. effect, and it they now refused ber vote she ds- S57" Do write, aud fear not,” is what the | te House refused to susperal the rules es net stcceed in ge any of them in | polis opened; the voting was very slow: a engaze b Rae Bi sin veaein Kaan r Tenth District sired to present heratidavit. She then retired. to their correspondents, The bill was then referred to the Committee them in the balic Woo votes had beon palled'ap t ln crcnak At Poon there had been 3/0 votes cast in were on pa In the first precinct at 1 o'clock the votes | on Public Land democrats claim this district b fret precinct, the Chipman ticket the crowd giving way for her. A majorit nearly all been polled. The whole t 2% vclock nearly three-fourths of the weg orth — giantess takes forty | Mr. Beck moved to suepend the rule 1 ced venir as t : ptot Pt 160, | tu th precinct 310 had been po > tea hole registered vote had been polled inthis | T4Fds of Stuff tor a dress. pase the resolution introduced by him betore he first precinct, upto 1! a. m.,¢2 rey Aa” re n this precinct up to that time was & whole registered vote ha en poile = te eens : : _ 4 ” b + sts by eight inch cans and 7 democrats had voted. "At the eee cree cat sane Sica tae. second precinet 31, district—S85 in the tirst precinct; 400 in the sec- the Liondom Fa urday Review talks abou the time of adjournment pw headed with the Oppose ond precinct, 200 votes had been cast with | {0rty being for had bean poliad or cnite | In the firet precinct 357 votes were cast , on, an. in thesbird. In the tirst, trom che | the “ State of St. Louis,” you know atte eeens eet anne the joint se acboots,” while underneath ‘they bor majeciies toe'the auseunaee rhird precinct 20 had been polled, of which |, 1n the list precinct 257 votes wer stration | Color of the tick@& voted, Merrick was con £7, Black silk stockings are the etyle for aris | olution passed without dissent Sicecauee og pr cap rtd mec ngep al GT et Senn lard enplaeO f Miprdighvets ier gh nahi Ske of votes | ¢-ded to be slightly ahead; but in the third it | tocratic ladies’ wear, iu London, Mr. Butler (aus) acked leave to make the names of the candidates. been polled; at the second preci he colored vote had beeu cast at noon, polled at that hour was 335, within 100 of ite | a8 Claimed that Chipman was largely ahead S7 Short jackets, clinging to the figure, are | yyy arthark eke ene Bearin. Thirteenth District. Twenty-first District. full vote. and also elightly abead in the segond-so that he | very seinh> 5 aky. ted. Registerea voters, 3— 96s Registered voters 1.357747 white, 60 colo-et \— 452 white and At p. m. in the first precinct the total number ® votes polled was Sii—the full vote nearly polled. The total number of votes up to3 p.m in the s@cond preciect was 549, or 159 votes suri of full registration. ‘The number of votes cast in the first prec np to 4 p.m. was 400; in the second precii:. + Will have a fair majori Itwas conceded at 3 o'clock p. m., that t! «istrict wouid give Chipman over 100 major Twenty-first District. In this district there were a number of bogus tickets polled. At 2): o’clock the first precinct had polled votes. second 300, and third 35: ip thé"M strict. rules. Cand: Ha colored. Candidates, Basbro od John ©. Harkness, der. First Precinct.—Polis at No. Mr. Butler moved to suspend the | ‘The voteon a division stood ayes #1, noes 5:5 | noi two-thirds voting in the affirmative. Tho yeas and nays were ordered. and the rules were 87 John Chinaman is rapidly becoming ac- | suspended—yeas 1/8, nays = climated. He struck recently Inu New Orleans. Butler thanked the House for its courtes: wanting te imitate Meclicam man and Irishy | and proceeded to read the speech which he dates, Lemuel Bursiev, rep., John F em é Precinc!.—Near the intersection of Sc Carolipa avenue and D streets, S. F Second 1 a ar the corner of 7th and 1) streets, . Third Precinct.—South Carolina avenue. be 4 cardidastes for the lowe? House ef A are Solomon G. Brown, colored, repatican . democrat. inct—The polls were Precinct at the toli-gate on the ro: §7- Connecticut has originated * leather we feasts in honor of the Fa t—Poils at No. 9 New York at. } 4 > i | previous occasions attempted to ‘ Thirt Precinct —Polis at southw ner ¢ WS. ‘There is some scratching in Eanis’ fay dnt two-thirds of the total registered vote. -_ : : ra gg tg Second Precinct —Polls at Martin's, m | oct Ketan ee eee eek a te reets, S. E Nearly all the votes have been poileds | YA yar peat crete P. meit seemed to he | _ #7 Mrs. Willard, of Cincinnati, thinks lote of powre tag gle IS I town. 2 —" 7 Sent As early as o'clock the voters in this district The first precinct polling place was difficult of RL th pietrt conceded that Chipman would have 30 major. | Married women live in @ state of hypocrisy | Objection of Mr. Beck an “y-y<4 iE Precinct —Polle at London's shop,Union- | pegan 0 congregate sround the polis. W access, being at Shiner’s house, formerly in tue ores riogniel ity in this district. Twenty-second District. MIES SAXTON COULD'NT VOTR. Miss Maggie Saxton appeared at the third Precinct of the Twenty-second district with her father, and offered to vote. The judges refused to receive her vote, on the es that she was not registered. She asked: You refuse.” Mr. Vermillion.—* We positively do.” +: 1Ul bring s¢ ien against the superintendent Tue, Meeks husbands,” and don’t love themsome. | members. He reviewed the occurrence in They might remedy that by going to live in the mate to State of Indiana, without them. © were parties e speech wade by = So" A fond father recently wrote: «It gene- | SePAtot, and in scathing ar peer TaLly Cakes twenty years of trainingtoersdicate | Yetse "nis hemmrint ne nnd ae te that word nice trom a woman's ulary. | Teen ie thok wit Guanes ae oa Pepe ph ie Haman race were all wleo % | Stated te the Hous whe man tee beat ‘s0On 1, Ty . = §7 Ladies declare that from the beauty or the | S¥ard,, the sconndre yon u the ¥i commenced quite a line had been forme. each precinct. The voting is pro. gressing without interruption. Up to le clock there bad been 178 votes cast in the first pro- expet, 191 in the second precinct, and 14@ in the third precinct. Ineach precinct the mujorite Of the votes cast have been for Chipman, tut tle democrats claim that they will turn ihe scaics and carry the district by a smal! majority. Fourteen: District. At 5 o'clock votes had been polled “in the first precinct, and 46 int secohd leaving 141 votes to be polled. Lioyd's triends claim for him # majority over Chainy. lin and 100 for Merrick. The votes are coming in slowly, Twelfth District. Aj the first precinct the total number of Poiled at 1 o'clock was about 250. se. . At the tirst precinct polls an old man At We two precincts in Unio crowd, mostly colore:!, gathered on the of the polls, and over lw) had veted in al 10 o'clock a. m.. nearly the entire number being republican, and at that hour there w: of over WOineach precinct. About there was quite a crowd, whe were at times, so much’so that Lieut. Austi center of Lake Shiner, but notwithstanding the mud the veting was quite lively. At 10 o'clock @. m. 193 votes iad been cast, and over Ii) of these were for Chipman. In’ the second pre cinet at 10 o'clock 150 votes had been polled, less than 30 being democratic. The crowd here was quite farge on the opening of the polis, but at that hour the greater portion had been worked of. In the third precinct at 10 o'clock a. m. 77 votes bad been cast, and there were but tew ich himself and Senator Davis a8 precautionary measure, placed 4 few more extra men en duty there. lained and defende! his course at 4 . The superintendents called her attention to tue | Spring fashions they are driven to the ona werd had 0c nf ‘eome bout years of age was given two tickets —a OF e pring y are ren op m } Orie and said if he it to go over Second Bistriec. Kegistered voters 1.155 white and 1s Fenes the voting Warten The te uit | Chipman and Merrick.” ater stadving for is |! lis. in thie dietehet er ease aee 2 |-that it was a fortunate chance which treed | SSO, aD said if he had it, al with Number of registeredvoters | 5-076 whites ‘ Sidatee, Eeter Campbell, rep., | cans will carry the district by a har ween oe, | oF 16 minutes he cast his vontter Chipman, and t - sandidates,.J.T.H. tail, rep., aud | #2 R. C. Le ‘cloc! American dresemakers from the suprem ity of is, dem: precinct had polled 230 vote: more force than his whole hand tel! betore. 8 eolored. C a a was greeted by cheers by the crowd. met 4 second 250, and | Parisian modistes, and left them- free to exer- | He next proceeded to the Military Asylum a sent. on ceeree Commer of Ath and L streets | At noon 29, of more.than half the wotes in || At the Mrst precinct om rere nca boon cast | third 254total, Lerfele eke an ite reais. | cise their own ingenuity. charges made against Lim by Mr. Farnswortt: First Precinct —Polls, first tell gate on zh | DOrthwest. ii the first precinct, had been cast, fully 175 being | St? P. m-y 9% republican and 134 democrat. Mrs, f Merrick Bat a Gen Deine | S74 London correspondent says that Queen | alluding to the course of that gentleman i imtoo Second Precinct.—Near corner of ith ana 1, } (be Chlpman ani) Bursley, In the second pre. | Dr. Lockwood came up to the polls aud ic, | of Merrick and Ryther on them, were 'BECIT- | Victoria visits Prince Albert's tomb every dav | very severe language. He said that a Com Second Precinct. Polis, tirst toll gate on 7th | Streets northweet. d Cinct at noon 230 votes had ‘been cast, but the | manded that her vote be taken) and on inc | CUlated quite freely. street road. > Third Precinct.—Near corner of 4th an! . basket of fresk tlowers | tee of the House Lad made a report on pter in the Bible, kneels | all could read, which fully exhonerated i wn, and offers ap a prayer that she may meet | The charge was therefore not against bim, but him in the world to come. — the —. = a pry hang $7 There is a moral taught by the following | gentlemen of that committee were four of them comvecnatinn ‘which neem belearned by many members of the present Heute, and ry hy fathers. Said a little four-year-ol lother, | to defend their conduct. He ssid that he father won't be in heaven with us, will be Proposed never again to make any further ex- “Why not, my child?” “ Because he can’t | planation of his mililtary coudut unles it was leave the stor ofticially required, content to await the eo S7 A Boston paper is authority for the story | Phen it would avail nothing politically to attack that John G. Whittier never composed a stanza pheno’ ‘ollowed in a personal oj Foes Chee Te ae enans cnet Ot wontalaie, | action, tn which hee was vary borers tee lan- — which od foo nue gle oo tr | guage to Mr. Butler, and was once called to yrperenn ny ee '¥ poet order by that gentleman, but the House allowed But little doubt at 3:30 p. m.of the rapub!i- cans carrying this district by asmall majori'y. About noon to-day, General Chipman, ac companied by Alexander R. Shepherd, Es) drove around by the various voting precine!< and at each were most enthusiastically received INCIDENTS. It is said that Mayor Emery and Water Rez's- trar J. H. Crane voted the democratic ticket ‘vot of it! ‘Ihe order to-day lias been excellent for elec- tion day, thanks to Major Kichards’ police and the goed temper of the voters. Some wrath was expressed by republicans over the petty democracy were then coming up lively and re- ducing the republican majority somewhat. 1 the third precinct at noon 170 votes had bee: cast. Earlier In the day the Chipman vores were largely in the majority, fully three-fonrt':- beiug colored, but at noon the complexion e line was being changed. Twenty-second District. Registered voters 1,249—1,124 white, 12 ored. Candidates, Madison ‘Davis, rep Ry ther, dem. First Precinct — Second Precinct Land K streets, S. E. Third Precinct.—No. 1106 8th street, between Land DM streets, S. E retusal of the judgesto take her ballot she mae @ speech, qnoting from Cake, Blackstone and others. At the second precinct there had been ‘252 votes cast, a majority of them democratic. ‘The total number of votes up to 3 p. m. at the rst precinct was 233 democrat and 103 repub- lean; second precinct, 255, with small demo cratic majority. A little fracas occurred at this precinct, but it was promptly quelled by the police, and the parties arrested. In the first precinct at 4 p.m. 247 votes lad been cast. In the second precinct 275 votes had been polled, leaving over one bindra e8 yet to poll in the district. Thirteenth District. streets. Fourth Precinct.—Near corner of 4h aud L streets. The colored voters were out in force in district, hi ting One, 2 the polls at o'clock a. m. The vote stood in this as follows at 9 30 a. m.:—First precinet, 74, white;) second precinct, (3 white.) thir precinct, 50, (5 white;} fourth preciner white.) The republicans claim the di-t ® majority Third Precinet —Polls, Ha town. Tenallytown was the scene this morning of the voting of that portion of ¥ north Of the city limits and west of 7th strevt road. At Il o'clock a m., 160 votes had been poil= Of which 30 were colored. There are r eviored people living in that part of the co int y "sehop, Tenaliy- 525 8th street east. ©. 9+ 8th street, between white, '04 col- Warren Choate, rep., and ™ : trickery of the Merrick men in attempting to . bim to go on. 5 MRS. WEESTEW'S BALLOT REFUSED. : ‘4 . Fobn Bi li Haom- ‘feck 1K f . apts First Precinct.—Corner of 4th and H streets 1 | Atbaltpast xe och - . Wob- | imitate the republican ticket, with intent to | S@-The widow of John Brown lives im Hum- | = ck (Ky.) followed, defeniiing Senator and’ at the #econd ‘precinct 205 woiscs rea | northwest ot, | [ited been cart about ‘Sbcing Sessoerad” | eter (auetanactca’ eo eee: Gerais Wot” | doses cee coida nage tnd her duughters Scrat and Flea: Ausermts | DAV and biter'y attacking Mr. Butler. In the cred. ‘the democrats ciaim 150 majority in | S<eond Precinct.—Near corner3d and H'streets, And at that time there were bul few voting. the | Spencer, Mrs. 8. P. Edson, aud Mra. Archi. | ,,(fhe democrats aleo attempted the heathen u Third Precinct. Corner-of sibstreet aud Mas. sacbusetts avenue northwest. Fourth /'recinct—Corner of 3d street and Mas- sachusetts avenue The colored men began to assemble at the polls in this district about 5 o'clock 4m. At +00 at the third and fourth precincts the lines had dwindled down to two or three y vters, but in the first and second there were at least 100 in ine. Voting is proceeding quietly. No dis turbances. tood at 9:30 a. m., first pre Sud her daughters Sarah and Ellen. Anne, who | conrse of his remarks he ean! that several nem mar bald,) presented herself at the third precinet of wras with her father at Harper's > ts this district, and asked to be allowed to deposit @ vote. (a Chipman ticket.) Upon giving her name Mr. Woitf proceeded to look for it on the list, but not finding it, told the lady that he, in the name of the judges, was compelled to refuse her ballot, upon the ground that be could not tind ber name upon the registry list. Mr. Rud- die remarked thatthey expected refusal, where- upon Mrs. ‘ebster, with her friends. left the polls, followed by @ great crowd of boys. A " Fourth District. 1.2 registered voters white lored John E. Cox, rep. W Da policemen on Whe having a chance to nod on the window sill if they were so disposed. In the second precinct the larger part of the crowd bad been worked off at 10 o'clock, 125 votes be- ing cast; no tally was kept, but knowing oues have it that neither party could btag. Inthe third precinct the voting was a little heavier, 140 being voted, aud it was reckoned that the Merrick ticket was slightly ahead. The re- pubjicans will probably carry the district by a small mejority. Chinee game of pasting the names of their can didates on the republican tickets, but did not effect much by the trick. As soon as the bogus ticket was detected this morning the repub!i- cans substituted a ticket with spotted bac place of the check-back ticket imitated. DEAD! i The democratic candidate for Congress and his Mixed Scho.l Baby. ‘They were (nut particularly) lovely in their bers of the House had seen the gentleman trom ried in. California, ‘The two sons, John andJa- | iilinois (Mr. Faruaworth. thrust bis fist under fon, live im Ohio, Owen in Pennsylvania, and ‘nose of tleman from Massachusette Kutb remains at the old place in North Elba. | 16, BOs agen Saae he could mot repeat ——————— here, the. geptieman's ei friends bait re. f marked that they never bad expected to sce a PERSONAL, Ey ~ aaae that. (Sensation. - LAWeEROSGeEhEALA.s Mr. Butler.—“ He is not a fe man,” A LASTER QF GouD FamiuY. semnce BED | Mr. Farnsworth. (derisively.)— 1, was prot ory On KCCOUNt of his extrémGold age.” | Con- 1 Congress street. is 116 Congress street. ty this district the vote 1s ranning close, ough the republicans are ahead, and claim {5 majority. Here they are distributing among the colored voters democratic tickets backed Suntlar to those of zg M Irs guton, (Mick, ber of the the republican party. Th. " At Il o'clock 177 votes had been cast inthe | man in the throng said: “Madam, I won!d not lives, ir. Stought6n, ( +») @ member o} com~ vote st noon stood thus First peocinet’ 173 of P rye ted third precinct, Sa fo tiret precinet. Some little commotion was oc- | vote tor Chipman,” when she retorted ~1 vote And in their deaths they were not divided. whith 7S were colored; second precinct, isi petra pele gee democrat:c distri casioned by a very old colored man, giving the | tor the beat mar mittee to in’ the afairs of the —_ asylum, follo’ in 8 defence of the action the committee, and exonerated Mr. Butler from any suspicion ef wrong in connection with its ment. At two o'clock the Speaker's hammer fell, ang he deciared the first session of the 42d Congress adjourned without date. voter, with about eveu numbers o: white and ick men claim it by about 190 maj. colored. ty. The Chipman men express the Lelicf th at they will greatly reduce this Majority. * & LADY'S VOTE REPUSAD. About_1] o'clock Mrs. Anvie M. Boyle, who lives at No. 9 Defrees street, presented hoceeif at the first precinct polls in this district for the p seinwod of voting. e was told by the super- ntendents that her name could nat be found on the poll-list, and therefore she cmd not rote. She offered an affidavit tnat she was a resident Of the District; was a legally qualitied voter, under the constitution and law. and had ap- plied to the board of registration to have hor ame Tecorde@on the list of voters. anddhat her su yen- dents told her that not vet recivtered, as" Te- quired by law, sbe world Doe be s!lowed to vote, At 1b @ w., in the first ra 199 votes had been cast; second precinct, 466; third Precinct, 2ss; tourth precinet, 212. The white republican vote in this district suns heavier bad been expected, and at the ith precinct it was estimated at 12 o’cloc two-thirds of the white vote cast was for the republican ticket . Sixteenth District. Registered voters, tone ored. Candidates, J. W. McKnight, s2ee- Es ‘The contest ‘or a seat in the Honse of Repre- sentative of the Forty-second Congress, trom the second dis‘rict of South Carolina, between 0. C. Bowen and K. ©. De Large, will, it is be. lieved, be decided in favor of the former, as the commissioners of elettion of Beaufort county, in that district, were tried in the U. S Circuit Court in Charleston, last week, upon an indictment charging them with having stufled the ballot-boxes, falsified the election Tecor¢, made false returns of the uitmber of votes cast, and committed divers other acta in violation of the United States epforcement law at the lustelection- The jury found the prison- ere guilty, and Judge dond sentenced them each to two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary, thus sustaining Mr. Bowen's charge of fraud in that district, and proportionally increasing hue chances for the contested seat, ———-<e2--___ John Saxton, the veteran journalist of Un? died at Canton on the 15th inst.,aged 81. He Published the Ohio Repositery for fifty-reven name of Hamson, coming up with ‘a siemocrat with a democratic ticket in his hand. not in the Fc ggr al precinct. and as he was es- corted by his democratic friend to the second mo wg quite @ number gathered about him to Induce him to vote the republican ticket, bat they did not succeed. Atils o'clock 147 votes had been polled in the secona precinct. ,, At ll o'clock 155 votes had been polled in the —_ Feo and it was conceded that Mer- ric at Davis, bane quite a popular | iy Bod was supposed to be leading Riyther. ¢ democrats claim that they will carry this district by 760r 100 for Merrick, but they are bot fo sanguine as to Ryther’s election, while the a bileans insist that they will getover 50 majority. —+e0e- * ao Paris is now called “ the Infernal City.’’ wA man in Connecticut boasts the title of the . Hezekiah Fiddle, D. D. a7 There are about 5,250,000 communicsnts f the Roman Catholic Church in the Unites ‘Parson Lazier, of Indians, bag ttriny ocinza be will potato bugs and the devil during the seagon. a2-A wretch in Louisville “ backed square | ie At3o’clock 92 votes had been east in this district—09 im the first precinct, 351 in the second, and 329 in the third. One arrestoaly hasbeen made in the Thirtenteenth district, being @ case of drunkenness. Up to 4 o’clock 1,068 yotes had been cast in this district, 334 being in the first preciat, i iD the second, 377 in the third, leaving only 13. — votes to complete the whole number reg- tered. TRE HIGH COMMISSION AT THE POLLS: This district was visited by the English High Commission.. They seemed to take considera- Bow Evang Sees gtatseechos pols dion. Every: very at the poll the voting Being st a Stand still, : STSMEBING POSITIVELY CURED? Wenout Medrcneer Surgical In: rumen. (U, 8. Patent applied for.) For Telegraphic News see 4th page, Eee AMUSEMENTs, ws OPERA BOUSE. & tnct.— Polls Pennay!vania avenze and 221 street. rd Precinct — Polls Pennsylvania avenue and 22d street. The polis im this district are ali located in ina frame building at the point designated above. The celored wen assembled in force beture « o'clock thie morning and forme: a line, acd all the morning there was a large crowd. ‘at 1 o'clock a. w. thé list of voters deposited stood a= follows: First precinct, 226 votes, of whom 1:0 were colered; secend precinet. 14: were colored, third precinct, 3.5 DRE LacuMaw, ‘api? 6t” B.W, commer Iith and ¥ attecie, nn ee EOE G $260 00. iD GiF Skate SUE Gan bn, age ta 9g Sie itt dir artaeeay, ae G Ee ee 2 in district, at 2.30 p. m., there had been. polled, in the first precinct, 239 votes; second, 20; third, 418; fourth, 367; four-tifths of the total yote. Sixth District. ered voters, YI 523 whites b Candidates, Joku F. Murray, rep.; A.A. Wil- «en, dem. Furst Precinct. — Polis corner 20% and 4 | Seve! P. Roberson, dem. * LADY OF LYONS. coegre-a 18S JANE COOH i ith District. on This aft there appeared iv the Fifteenth consecutively, and im its edi song actor pc ene First Precinct —324 44 atreet vorthwest. of his marr! ment after the ex- is afternoon there ap ip years Ma took part ole Tome pty~ 9 _ peas, Piiehttex alls “ornanbias and H| Scond Precinct.—308 hye street. Seetant bride-and' ter Were at the altar. | (lntrict another, ticket, bearing the monies | (Ors, Lusinews and mechanics! manazem-n: | $3.0 for the Sale of reserved seats now recdy = as PR arg - Phird Precinct —304 4) street. : S7The strongest propensity in woman's na- | a nomber of these tickets have Peorese polled: Up | Simont to the day of his death. Mr. Saxton was | by re The voting in thle dutrice vas rather alow a Prag pec 10. ~ Peet foes are tare, says a careful Gmail the sex, nid to 2:30 p. m. there had been polied:—In the tirat | the Only man in the United States who wasabie | [2 ATIONAL THEATER "clock, when, hs x inet. 146 votes bad been cast; rec ant hatis ‘and the Es a =e ann neces Renata, sna od pip pe! ag; third Precinct, 169 Bh mm of the fob " Precinct, 365; second precinet, 593; third pre- J to publish in his own and the same paper a cimet 1% votes. About two-t! of the voters were cokxeh The democrats ba@e smce morn- ing bad streck off a Jot of clehate with similar backs to the repub!ican tickets, but bearing the Mrs. % names of the democratic candidates on the 4 ~ ‘0 vote in the Six- face. The trick, however, wasimmediately de- | (cenin, tiatrict me wae ay gant on being informed tected, and the ballots are now being inspected | Senteg Defore being deposice Seventh Distrtet. einct, 412; fourth precinct, 333. ANOTHER LADY REFUSED. At 2 o'clock Mrs. L. 8. Hall, accompanied by Mrs. Dr. Lcckwood and Mrs. Mcrland, appeared at the second precinet of the Fifteenth ict and cemand to vote. Mr. J.C. Wall informed her that she was not regi and could not yote. She bad a republican ticket in her hand, and said she had done her daty cotemporaneonus account of the downfall of the two Napoleons, the first in i815 the latter in 1870. ibe The name of Col. Frank E. Howeis mentionsd by ome of his friends in connection with the Assistant Secretaryship of the Treasury, ex. transter THIS RVENIPG, the talented young actor MR. PRANK MAYO, Tu the intense drame of the STREETS OF NEW YORK. AtinkesatonbAY Ar iWo OC they have a majority so that “7 will certainly carry it, ally Barrett been refused. This be made vacant by the ot ». DIXI8 SO for regi#tration and a8. St Distriet. pestes brated Ese eve Registered voters, 1,65;—550 white. 1,107 col- | vit is presented im all cases by the women (3 at olden eee oa voted in the Mr. Hartley to the office of Commissioner of “tiernee f rE ae Feces MpGidates, James A. Handy, rep.: G.B. | plying to vote as astep towards logal proces. cinct, 233; second 28; third Customs. Mr. Howe is New Englander, but ————————_—$—$——————— ae ‘Towles, des. Ings. 241. ‘The’ election is proceeding 4: First Precinct —Polls M and 16th streets. has lived in the city of New York for some time past, and is said to bold at present wome posi- tion In connection with the custom house. He ie generally considered a very handsome man. district, there being but one or two voters each precinct. atin cee im ‘the distriet for Merrick and Robertson by 100; the Chipman wep tay the vote is sbout even, -—Polls corner of 16ch and M THe ane ay Registered voters, 1,570—940 white, %30 col- ored. Candidates, F.A. Boswell, rep.; F. D. Dowlng, dem. streets. Therd Precinct.—Polls 16th and M streets.