The New York Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1879, Page 2

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Fo SALE—DINING SALOON of would take @ parca: NFECTIONERY STORE, OHEAP. 102 BLEECKER S8' ELEGA hes deep; oudway OR SALE C SH, OR WOULD TRADE for a Lot or Pianoforte, 1 Engine (15 horse pow er), 1 wo four-side Rodger Mouldin Pulleys, Si PRON lrers and variety new and second hand E) lowest prices, Joscribe pros, siving 1 Central Hotel, New Yor FUBNITURE, i, residence, 120 West MENSE REDUOTIC y n to Furniture, and 'Bodding, ut the largest establishment in the city, A & L. BAUMAN forty months’ tim BROADW d edsteads, ashi stun s ‘ol Mattresses, Spi silk’ and Hedroom Sets, Chickering Upr pets, Sue. yard; dence Nv. colplete_ Libri dlding, Steinway ht four rouni Bronzes, Wo days, private re 1 av. E OFFERING GREAT ing and Carpets at their ‘ner Broome. Weekly and Stoves, &e.. for h or weekly and . M. COWPE! é HWAIT & CO.'S, w TANTED TO BU dress R. L., box 13: ANrED TO PURCHASE. ECIME: NS OF ART, STAT! utdoors or dors, at Jeweller’s, ary, &¢., adap 850 Broad _ WATCHES, JEWELRY, &C. “AT 1272 BROADWAY, ABOVE Personal Property, old Gold, iver ¢ bought; Vances made; Indies! utlice, WILLIAM A. GLOVER, f merly with Joseph A. Jackson, —$75,000,—DIAMON eadvances made; India Shawls, &e.; un " Jet > Union square, LK FUR LINED CIRCULAR, OF THE lso pawn ticket of Camel's Hair Shawl, Ad- GTON, box 147 Herald ofice. verware, &., bought and sold buck at « small advance, GEO. CALLEN, 1,190 Broadway, near 20th st. DWAY, OVER HERAL private office. Diamon: nd sold, Branch, 120 MARBLE MANTELS. _ [ARBLE AND WOOD MANT’ T. B, STEWART & CO... 75 West 2 CLOTHING. Qi J ANTALTS, 520° 6TH “AV NEAR 8 Z A Ladies’ and centicmen will be surprised wt prices puld for wearing Apparel, Jewelry, Laces, camel's hair Shawls, ca ea ae he een ALMOST A LIFE. & PISTOL FIRED AMONG A PARTY OF LADIES ON NEW YEAR'S NIGHT. 4 Quite a commotion was created on New Year's 2vening in the apartments of Mrs, Crowley, who was receiving calls at No. 221 Broome street, A number of her‘lady friends were with her, and among them were Mrs. Williams and her daughter Kate. Nothing of special moment had occurred all day untila young man named Frank Ballard, an insurance broker, entered to wish the ladies a happy New Year, and then Mr. Charles Engel, alias Seympur Butler, had trouble with him. Just how it all tame about and who was to blame was not divulged esterday, as the parties interested or present at the me of the occurrence positively declined to say anything about it. All that is known may be summed up in very few words. Mr. Engel objected to Mr. Hallard’s presence in the house, and, it is alleged, ulled a pistol, which went off, the ball partially in- Juring Mrs. Williams in the arm. Engel tled during the excitement which followed, and as there was a great deal of trouble au ted Ofticer Lane was called and arrested Mr. Frank Ballard, Yesterday afternoon Ballard was arraigned at Essex Market Police Court, before Judge Kilbreth, and con- fronted with Mrs, Williams and her daughter Kate. There was a good deal of unwillingness displayed by these people to afford any explanation of the untoward affair, But enough was learned to show that Charles Engel and Mr. Ballard are rivals inlove. At all events, it is claimed by the Williamses that Kate is the wife of Engel, and that she has been very much an- noyed by the persistent and unwelcome attentions of Mr. Ballard. The diticulty which occurred at Mrs, Crowley's is believed to have been caused by Engel’s jealousy; but while a pistol shot was fired from the ‘weapon in Engol's hands, it will be almost impos- sible to yet any one to swear that he pulled the trigger with a felonious intent to do Ballard or anybody cise harm. Mrs. Williams was slightly wounded; but she said yesterday she would not make any charge against Engel, who is still at large, because she firmly belie that the injury to her was accidental. In thjs state of things Judge Kil- breth was compeiled to’ ditcharge Bullard and the others, Still he has ordered the arrest of Engel. VISITED BY A LUNA'TIO. About half-past nine o'clock in the evening of New Year's Day a ian of respectable appearance called on Mrs, Post, residing at No, 161 Duffield street, Brook- lyn, and represented himself as a friend of her hus- band. parlor windows the: stranger asked Mrs, Post's ton, Zebulon, nine years of age, to stand by his’ side, A* the child processed to comply with the request the man drew an old table knife, which had been sharpened in the form of ® dirk, suddenly from the pocket of his coat and made 4 desperate thrust with it at the lad, but, fortunately, missed him. The little fellow was greatly territied and ran screaming from the room, Mrs, Post rushed into the street crying for help. The stranger, be coming alarmed, left the house and made his escape first throwing’ the knife mto the arcaway. Mrs, Post described him to the police as a man about forty-two years of age, ng a binck mustache aud black hair. It is supposed he is insane, A NEW FLOWER. {From the London Globe.) gigantic flower, which is of such an amazing sp as well as size that the Victoria Regia and th Arnoldi appear mere dwarfs by its side, » planti rde Bee chiefly earned his tar in the East Indian known flower unf in the forests tribuies it to th A pec the “Titan” epatehed to Europe. at Genoa on board a the Marquis C mous hortieu culture houses of Genoa, ho f the dreaded Phytlorerct, ed from admitting any living * port. The rule Italian nf the immi- hout th ttle foe self in. th wevails at a 4 m, lest the vineyards should be housi grant plants and the harmless bulbs of the “Titan” were excluded in obedience to the strict letter of the law. Notwithstanding this law, the Fanfuila elares that vinestocks from Bordeaux are being e stantly lended in Genoa. The importer declares that his bundles pre Wanted for walking sticks and wim- breils handles, and under this alias they escape the scrutiny of the customs officers, who never think that the “vine lonse’’ may be veting himself in the innocent looking bundles. What has buco of Signor Beceari's important cgrgo the Italiau journal digs not yet know. FINENESS | -—DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, SIL- | | than th | of ward 4 and at the ‘The for- | he renowned | vio hus | | | poll ist of the mani NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1879-—-TRIPLE SHEET. SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTIONS E. W. M. Mackey Makes Qut the Republican Case. GLARING FRAUDS. How the Democrats Destroyed Re- publican Votes. THOUSANDS OF “JOKERS.” A Statement That Can Be Met Only By Facts. CHARLESTON, 8, C., Dec, 31, 1878. ‘To Tnx Eprror oF THE HERALD In your issue of the 26th inst. appear a number of letters from prominent democrats of this State in re- gard to the late election. All of the letters are from residents of the First Congressional district, except one*from Mr. M. P. O'Connor, who claims to have been elected over me from this district, the Second. As Mr, O’Connor’s letter was evidently written in re- sponse to the charge made’by me that gross frauds were committed throughout this district at the last election I respectfully request the privilege of reply- ing to it, and in so doing I shall not only endeavor to establish the fact that frauds, sufficient to change the entire result of the election, were committed, but I shall also endeavor to satisfy every unbiassed mind that the defence set up by Mr. O'Connor in his letter is evasive and incapable of standing the test of inves- tigation, VOTING AT LIGHTNING 8PEED, In a published letter under date November 7, 1878, I charged, inter alia, that the ballot boxes in the two voting precincts of ward 3, in this city, had been stuffed with democratic tickets, printed on very small slips of tissue paper in diamond type; in one case with over 2,400 tickets, and in the other with over 1,200, and these two polls thus made to give Mr. O'Connor a majority of 4,392 out of a vote of 5,556—the total vote at one poll being 3,569, and at the other 1,987. To vote 3,569 or even 1,987 persons at any one poll during the 12 hours, or 720 minutes, the polls were opened, I declared to be a physical impossibility where the managers swor8 each voter separately, and in many cases consumed three or four minutes questioning some voters, and occu- pied considerable time in challenging and rejecting others. In endeavoring to explain how it was possible to vote such numbers Mr, O’Connor asserts that the managers swore “half*a dozen or more voters at the same time.” While in one or two instances—very rarely, however—the managers may have sworn two or three voters at one time, I chal- lenge Mr. O’Connor to produce a single reliable wit- ness who will testify that the mapagers as a rule swore “half a dozen or more voters at the same time.” As a matter of fact nine-tenths of the persons voting at the two precincts in question were sworn separately. ‘MR. O'CONNOR'S STATEMENTS REFUTED. Mr. O’Connor further attempts to account for the enormous vote at these two precincts in ward 3 by saying that “the access to the polls in wards 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8 was choked up with @ stream of negroes throughout the entire day, rendering it almost im- possible for a white democrat to reach the boxes in either of these wards and vote, This necessitated a very large number of democrats liying in the. pre- cincts that were thus blocked to repair to ward 3 and there cast their ballots.” If Mr. O'Connor’s ex- planation be true, that it was almost impossible for a white democrat to’ reach the polls in either wards 1, 2, 5, 7 or 8, because access to them was choked by # stream of negroes, which he declares, in this connection, was the “enemy's plan of battle,” how then will he acccunt for the fact that at ward 8 poll the democrats received 547 majority; at Ward 7 poll, 625 majority; at ward 5 poll 242 ma- jority; while at ward 1 poll thoy cast 442 votes out of 900, or nearly one half, and at ward 2 poll they cast 323 out of 780. Either Mr. O'Connor's -assertion in regard to the polls being blocked up is without the slightest foundation in fact, or if it be true, then it is conclusive evidence that the managers at the polls in wards 5, 7 and 8 committed great frauds in returning such large democratic majorities at polls where, according to Mr. O'Connor, it was “almost impossible for a white democrat to reach the boxes and vote.” Mr. O'Connor and the democratic managers at Leawryd ged can settle the question whether the statement of the former is correct or the returns of the latter are false. While frauds were committed at the polls in wards 5, 7 and 8, a8 Ixhall prove farther on, yet the truth is that the access to neither these nor those in wards 1 and 2 was choked up by negroes 80 as to prevent the democrats from reaching tke boxes and voting, but, on the contrary, at cach one of them, excepting ward 2, where ‘the falling off was about the same on both sides, the democrats voted their full strength. At ward 1 the democratic vote was about the same as it was in 1876; in ward 5 it was 151 more than in 1876; in ward 7 it was 357 more, and in ward 8 482 more. If, then, the demo- crats at three out of the five polls mentioned by Mr. O'Connor cast a larger vote than they ever did before, and at another about the same vote as last year, how can he reconcile his statement that they were forced to repair to ward 3 to vote with the fact that the ee vote was largely increased in these very 8 VALUABLE USE OF THE “JOKERS.” Another proot, if Mr. O’Connor’s assertfons be true, that the managers at the polls in wards 6, 7 and 8 committed gros irauds in swelling the democratic vote at these polls beyond what was honestly and ac- tually And this ix just what the managers did, as I will presently show, But even deducting the amount of tissue ballots stuifed in the boxes the democratic vote actually cast at these three polls was about the same as it was in 1876, showing conclu- ly that large numbers of democrats were not ed to repair to ward 3 to vote, and the attempt to explain the enormous vote of that ward upon any such theory will not bear examination. Even were we to adinit.that, instead of targe numbers, avery democrat who voted in 1876 at the polls in wards 1 Zand 8, with those also who voted in their ballots this yer at the two pre- rd 3, yet the combined democratic yote ward 3, cinets in | of these si is, including ward 3, as cast in 1876, After sitting for a short time noar one’ of tho | Cf these sit wards, including ward 8, ss oh is actually less than the democratic vote cast there this y So much for the frauds at those two pre- cinets, for which some better explanation must be found by those who desire to apologize tor them one offered by Mr. O'Connor. But these were not the only polls in the city of Charleston at which frauds were committed. At the First precinct olls in wards 5, 7 and 8, the ballot boxes were stuffed with the same kind of tissue tickets as were used in ward 3. FRAUD AT POLLS 5, 7 AND 8. . At ward 6 poll the ballots in the box exceaded the natnes ou the managers’ poll list by over 125. ‘This ocratic managers themselves will not deny, been lawiully voted. in their place were untied the ‘tissue ballots which had been sur- fitiously placed in the box. By this means republican vote actually cast was reduced 100 and the democratic vote increased me extent. At ward 7 poll 416 tissue ballots ert in the box, and although numerous false naimes were placed on the poll list in order to make it A with the number of ballots stuffed in the box, yet at the clowe of the poll there were 42 more ballots in the box than there were names on the fal- sifled poll list. At ward 8 poll there were 491 more tickets in the box than there were names on the sup- ervisor's poll list. Notwithstanding this discrepancy all the ballots found in tie box were counted and the rs afterward made to corre- Among thi ots counted were exactly 600 ballots which had been fraudulently placed in MAND “JOKERS” IN FOUR PRECINCTS, At the First precinet of ward 4 there were $23 tissue ballot 1 in the box, and in endeavoring to in- sort mi poil list for vallots thus stuffed in the be ore names were inserted on the list allots iu the box. At the four pre- |, together with the two pre- imber of small tissue ballots 6,000, by which ity was swollen to 1g the 565 votes cast at the Washington » Which were not counted because of the destructibn of the ballot box, In order to prove wots of Charleston nd that t essive vote was not the result of fraud, Mr. U'O we vote of the city in tie last election is very nearly the same that it was in 1876, the difference being very 5! ight one way or the othe the vote of the vity in 1876 was 12,386 (for Presidential clectors) the slight difference -con- sists in the vote this year being 3,162 more than it was increase of over twanty-live per cont, Knowing igures would his statement that the vote of the city very nearly the same as in 1876, Mr. O’Connor adds that “in view of the very large intlux of negroes from the country 1t was to be expected that the city re woue that the fj not support this year was be swollen above the usual proportions.” 1,200 uegroes from St. Andrew's and St. James’, Grove Creek, who came to the city because of the action of the islature in abolishing the voting precincts in their localities, been allowed to vote, there is no doubt the vote of the city might have been increased to that extent, though that would not have accounted for the increase of 3,152; but Mr. O'Connor can be ignorant of the fact that the man- agers of election throughout the city absolutely re- fused, against all law and justice, to receive the votes of these people, except in a very few instances, Had they been permitted to vote it is natural to infer, since they were brought to the city by the republi- cans, that their votes would have swollen the re- publican vote; but it was the democratic vote that ‘was swollen from 6,177 in 1876 to 10,600 in 1878, while the republican voto was less than’ it was two yeara 0, owing to the fact that the managers of election throughout the city arbitrarily rejected hundreds of republican votes upon one pretext and another, The increase of 4,423 in the democratic vote of the ci ty this year over that of 1876, taken in connection wit! the increase of 3,152 in the aggregate vote, shows how and by whom t&e vote was swollen. MR, O'CONNOR'S FRAUDULENT MAJORITY. Mr. O'Connor, apparently conscious of the fact that the majority he obtained over me in the city of Charleston was clearly the result of fraud, says that even throwi out that majority he was elected, because my majority in the country precincts of Charleston county was only “a fraction over 2,000;"* Jess than was anticipated, he intimates, While I fail to seo how this suggestion will tend to re- fute tlie charges of fraud that have been made in regird to the election in this dis- trict, still I suppose it might avail to prove that the frauds committed were not suflicient to change fhe result of the election if the frauds were confined to the city of Charleston. But tho frauds committed in the mud Congressional dis- triet were not confined to ¢ity of Charleston. ‘They extended throughout the entire district, were perpetrated in every county ¢ upesing the district, io practised at four-fifths of the polls within the district. They were so great as to transform a large republican majority actually cast at the polls into a large democratic majority returned on pa- per. How my majority 1 the country precincts of Charleston came to be only “a fraction over 2,000," T shall now explain, first calling atteution to the fact, however, that it was even less thun Mr. O'Connor has kindly allowed me out of the abundance ot his own majorities. Instead of giving me ‘# fraction over 49,000 majority” the returns of the managers from these country precincts give me only 1,372 majority. I do not mention this fact to show that Mr, O'Connor could not have examined the returns, the correctness of which he has undertaken to defend; but simply: to prove that the frauds committed in reducing my ma- Joritios in the country precincts were even greater than Mr, O'Connor was aware, UNIFORM BALLOT STUFFING. One thing cun be said in :avor of the frands at the country precincts. They were uniform, ‘The same system was adopted and practised at each poll where the frauds were commitied, showing that the instruc- tions how to consummute these frauds came from one fountain-head. ‘Che plan was as tollows:—From one hundred to five hundred simali tissue ballots were surreptitiously piaced in the ballot box, in couse- quencewf which the number of bullots in the box ex- cveded the number of names on the poll list. At the close of the poll, when the box was opened, all the bullots were taken out and unfolded, so 4s to enable the managers to perceive which were republican and which were democratic tickets. They were then all counted, and as soon as it was ascertained what was the excess of ballots in the box over names on the poll list, the ballots, all still unfolded, were returned to the box and one of the managers or clerk drew out and destroyed a number of ballots equal to the amount of the excess. The managers and clerk, being all democrata at cach poll, mauayed, of course, to draw out republican tickets mostly. As the tissue ballots were very easily Corer Seay by the touch very few of them were drawn out, the person who did the drawings invariably feeling for the large republican tickets. Every republican ticket drawn out was not only a republican yote lost, but asa tissue ticket was allowed to remain and be counted in its place it added one to the democratic yote, 80 that at every pole where 100 republican tickets were drawn out the republican vote was re- duced to that extent and the democratic vote in- creased to the same extent, and a change of 200 votes thus made in the result, ‘I'is was the plan adopted, not only at the counfry precincts in Charleston county, but at every precinct in Orangeburg county. : ‘A STARTLING RECORD. If, upon opening @ ballot box and counting the votes therein, it is ascertained that the ballots in the box are largely in excess of the number of persons recorded as héving voted, is not that fact sufficient proof that that jot box has been stuffed with traudulent ballots? And yet those who claim that no fraud was committed in this district know full well that at the following polls in Charleston county, out- side of the limits ot the city, in pursuance of the plan I have just described, the ballots in the box ex- ceeded the names on the poll lists of the managers to the extent stated below :— At Mount Pleasant the number of names on. the 11 list was 620; the number of ballots in the box 163, or an excess of 543. At the Thirty-two Mile House the number of names on the poll list was 649; the number of ballots in the box 890, or an excess of 341, At Henderson's Store the number of names on the poll list was 194; the number of, ballots in the box 269, or an excess of 75, At the Twenty-two Mile House the number of names on the poll list was 604; the number of ballots in the box 834, or an excess of 230, At Cooper's Store the number of names on the poll list was 287; the number of ballots in the box 422, or an excess of 135. At Hickory Bend the number of names on the list was 329; the number of ballot in the box 391, or an excess of 62. At Strawberry Ferry tho number of names on tho poll list was 611; the number of ballots in the box 736, or an excess of 125, At Stephens the number of uames on the poll list was 512; the number of ballots in the box 612, or an excess of 100, Not one of the democratic managers at any of the olls above uamed will deny that the ballots in the box exceeded the names on the poll list to the extent above stated. In consequence of the excess thus created by stuffing the ballot boxes at the above men- tioned polls a number of ballots corresponding with the excess at each poll were drawn out and destroyed. REPUBLICAN TICKETS DRAWN OUT. As a tissue ticket took the place of each republican allot drawn out, how many votes the democrats guined and how many the republicans lost bj Operation will be seen by the nimber ot republican uckets drawn out and destroyed at each one of the above named polls, The number of republican tickets drawn out at cach one of those polls is as fol- —Mount Pleasant, 372; Thirty-two Mile House, Henderson's store, 73; Twenty-two Mile House, J r’s store, 88; Hickory Bed, 49; Strawberry 10; Stephens, about 0. Making a total of 1,269, to which extent the republican vote at these polls was reduced, while the democratic vote was increased to the same extent, and these eight polls, which really of 1,982, were, by this pro tissue tickets and ti drawing out republican tick- ets, returned as having cast 560 democrutte majority, By such frauds as these was a republican majority of 4,500 in the country precincts of Charleston county reduced to 1,872, and by the same system of frauds arepublican majority in Orangeburg county trans- formed into a democratic majority. ‘THE CHARLESTON COUNTY VOTE. As an argument*in favor of the fairness of the elec- tion My. O'Connor refers to the fact that the entire yote of Charleston county for Congressman this yoar was less than that of 1876 by over 500 votes— the exact number uw 606, It is true that in this county the vote returned is 506 less than it was in Isi6; but, it to the votes returned be added 865 votes actually cast at the Washington engine house poll and not counted because of the destruction of the ballot box, we find that the yote of 1878 exceeds th t of 1816 by 359, notwithstanding the fact that the polling places in many localities had been abolished, and the voters lett without a place to cast their ballots, and that the total number of polls had been reduced trom flity-five to thirty-two, or nearly one-half. Moreover, on Edisto Island, which usuall; cast not leas than 85U votes, the poll Wax not opened, although the voters remained around the polling place nearly all day awaiting the arrival ot the man- agers. Had this poll been opened, as it ought to have beon, the vote this year would have exeeeaed that of 1876 by over 1,200. If with twenty-three polling places abolished and oue not opened and the votes at another not counted, the county of Charleston could poll this year within five hundred votes of the number cast two years ago, what stronger evidence is needed that fraud inust have been comimitted to bring about such a result? Yot the country is asked to believe that the frauds charged in this county were never perpet because as many votes were returned this year from beers | polls—many of them situated ten, fifteen aud twenty miles from the resi- dences of the voters—as were cast two years ago at fifty-five polls, so situated as to allow every voter an opportunity to cast his ballot without w: an un reasouable distance, OUTRAGEOUS LEGISLATIVE MANIPULATION. In this connection I cannot refrain from noticing Mr, O'Connor's attempt to defend the outrageous act ot the Legislature by which the voting precincts in this county were reduced trom fifty-five to thirty+ two, compelling the voters in most cases to make @ round journey of ten, twenty and thirty miles, and in some instances of even forty miles. This act Mr. O'Connor undertakes to justify by a series of assertions which, upon examination, he will find it utterly impossible to substantiate. Referring to an act passed by the republican Legislature it 1875 designating the voting precincts throughout the State, aud by which 56* were named for the count of Charleston, he says “this act largely increas the precincts as previously existing, and tho change by this law augmented number largely.” ‘This is neither truce in relation to nor in fegard to Charleston county. Previous to the passage of that act the polling places in each county were designated at each suecessive election by the commissiouers of election, in whom the authority was vested, and although they goueraily designated from year to your the same polling places, yet the Legislature deemed tt more prodent to deprive them of that power by establish- ng by law the voting places in cach county, and this act of the Legislature designated with afew unim- portant changes the same polling places as had existed for yeurs previous, In Charleston county the fifty-five polling places designated ik: the act are exactly the same as those which existed in 1874, with three exceptions, two old polling places being’ abol- * In the wet there is @ slight error, While fixing the number at O7 only 50 aro designated by uame, The latter le the number avtuaily ostabliaued by the ach ished and three new ones established, an increase of one only over the number existing previous to the Resiguated by law the polling places which previously w which. previ existed by pe doy Mr. O'Conner el panes | a vo thet fi 2 ee Sos = theret “4 8 lowers for ae fore pry ge eay ap reer te nll jon of the Legis- lature they passed the act of 187%, which, he says, “reduced the voting precincts throughout the State and designated for Charleston county, exclusive of the city, twenty-two, and for the city eleven,, making together thirty-three,” THE POLLING PLACES. Because the act of 1878 reduced the vot precincts in Charleston, Mr, O’Connor has taken it for granted that the act reduced the number throughout tho whole State, Had he examined the two acts before writing his letter he would have found that while the act of the democratic Legislature reduced the voting recinets in the large republican counties of Charles- on, Beaufort, Orangeburg and Colleton, yet it in- the * p ¥ in seventeen other counties and left the whole number only six less an = was fixed by ous act, Either the democratic gislature did not concur in the opinion that the Act of 1875 af- forded the amplest facilities for repeating, or else they concluded that the facilities for repeating in certain counties were not suflicient and tuey, there- fore, while abolishing forty-six, precincts, mostly in the four counties Just named, established forty new ones for the Crean of affording their tollowers ad- ditional facilities for repeating. The fact that onc- halt of the polls abolished were in Charleston county shows plainly that the main opie of the jag ture was to strike ut the republican votes of the largest republican county in the State by locating the polls there so as to virtually disfranchise hundreds of colored voters, For not only did this mew act abolish numerous polls which had existed for ten years, but it located others beyond the reach of those voters for whom they were mtended, and even left some lo- calities without any polls whatever—‘for instance, St. Andrews, on the mein. This much I have deemed necessary to say in reply to Mr. O'Connor's cham- pionship of this dispracetul piece of legislation, by opposing which the Hon. J. B.’Campbell, democratic Siaator tom dhis county; ineuueed the. bibter haw tility of his own party. APPARENTLY UNANSWERABLE FACTS, Thave devoted so tauch space to the frauds in Churleston county that Lam compelled to refer very briefly to those in Orangeburg county, where the system adopted was the same as that employed to change the result in the country precincts of Charlos- ton county, and which I have already described in another part of this letter. he number of ballots found in the boxes invariably exceeded the number of names of voters recorded on the poll list, as will ‘be seen by a glance at the figures at eleven out of the nineteen polls in that county, as follows :— No. of Names on No. of Bal- Excess of Polt List Re- lots Found Ballots corded as Hav- an the Over ‘ing Voted, Boz. Voters, Orangeburg C. H.... 1,119 1,443 324 Branchville. 358 661 203 214 291 W 305, ay it wah 11 207 Washington Seminary.. 377 554 Vit Grifliu’s. 665 BUL 138, 499 206 429 ll 458 72 237 109 Total......sceeeereees 5,048 6,836 1,833 | These figures even the democratic managers of elections wiil not deny. Does it therefore require any additional evidence to satisty the country that frauds were committed at these eleven polls, where the ballots in the boxes exceeded the names on the poll list by over one-third ? If proof is needed as to who committed the frauds it will be found in the fact that at cach one of these polls all the managers were democrats, tuat in cach oue of these boxes small tissue tickets bearing the names of the demo- cratic candidates were tound in numbers about equal to the amount of the excess, and that in Criw- ing out tickets so, as to reduce the number of ballots to the number of names on the poll list thy managers invariably drew out a majority of repub- lican tickets. In regard to the remaining eight polls in Orangeburg county the same state of facts existed at nearly all of them. In Clarendon county, though a different method was adopted, frauds equaily a3 shaneless were committed, though not on so great a scale, as the vote of that county is not very large; still the frauds. were suflicient to transform a repub- lican majority into a democratic majority. But it is unnecessary.to dissect them, as, I think, I have stated facts enough to convince the most scep- tical person that the charges of fraud in regard to the late election in this Congressional district are not baseless fabrications. These char, not be ait by general denials or evasive ex) ons. It will not do to say that the election here was “the most quiet, peaceable and orderly ever held.” Whether or not it was quiet, peaceable and orderly is s matter of no importance in this connection. Admitting, fur the sake of argument, that it was, it is u0 anawer to the charge that gross frauds were committed. Ro spectfully, E. W. M. MACKEY, ESTATE. REAL ‘The only sale advertised to be made on the Real Es- tate Exchange yesterday was that of the hguse and lot No. 403 West Twenty-sixth strect. The suit in foreclosure having been settled the property was withdrawn. OFFICIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following is a statement showing the real es- tate transactions recorded in the Register's oflice January 2, 1879: betwoen 4th and Sth avs., lots Nos. 286 mry G. Bi Munufactarers? ii ‘gan and husband to Louis 225 ft. w. of 10th aw if iv. 50x100.5; d to Jane Aitken, ft. ©. of 2d ‘av., wid wife to Fre i.e. ot Mott wt,” Toma 115.3; wife to Johu Bornhoot ft. w. of Eldridge at... 59.10 BLA “tt. “eof 115th st, (eter) to Catharine Carrl- Bowman same to same. 13th ot, n. s., 225 ft. w. and Maurice Aliren ... (No. 163 1x100; Henry Gucker and wife ste ft, w, of Mott’ av. wth K. Taylor and husband to B.Gxl2 ‘Wittfam RY fe 6. of Groene wt.” 20x75 7 Mal A. Chatain,. 7,000 Samuel Baron and #190 ft. w. of Oth ay., (referee) to F.C. Markham... rr LKASHS. OSth st., 8. 8., 100 ft, w. of 6th mv., 503 100 ft Kg 10th 100; also GAth 25x100.5; Jam KRCOKDED MONTGAGRS. Berman, Mary, and husband, to Michael P. Mos. bach, Ww. 8. Of Attorney st,, 8 of Houston st. ; 1 $5,000 st.; 3 yours,. and others, to Samuel Baron, No. Company, Nos. 'O1 ft. wid Nos. 400, 411, 473 and 470 Broome wt. ( Hien of mortgage for $125,000 eancellod to-day, wito, to John BD. itintichs, f Jan Sth av.: ¥ yours, i, to ‘award Sehwedior sw. bavi id Aesth : years, 15,000 Howe, Sarah, to the Equitable Life Assurance So: cloty of the United States, No, 133 Kast 21st at; fr 75,000 ry, 60 of 1Oth st; 1 your, Lawrence, Amolia, to * w. of av, By instalments. gelling, Guill it wil y “4kcaemice Company Non an 20 Ba Bchidutagor,, Lou ingor,. La Lt & of Division wt. w ‘So yours. wita, to Joseph Bebaatiiot; b's ot ms, My you ae HMiggin fan Lindhetin, Jo 8,000 Mei iv eon Roger 4500 Rosen Tou Same io Biivor, Jone wad auoihor (irsbess, de.) Vo Litdis er, Jor 01 ; Frankomthi = \ THE COURTS. A WIFE'S CHARGES OF BRUTALITY AGAINST HER HUSBAND. Aharrowing tale of brutality appeared yesterday in the papers in the suit for diyorce brought by Julia Aumann against her husband, Louis Aumann, before Judge Van Hoesen in the Court of Common Pleas. Mrs, Aumann in her complaint states that she was married tothe defendant, who is a cigarmaker, in April, 1862, and that they have two children, She says further that since 1873 her husband has treated her and the children in a cruel manner; that he has frequently beaten her with his clinched fists, ulled her hair, ed her about the floor by hair and knocked her violently; that in August, 1877, he threatened to strike her with an iron bar, and would have done so had she not taken refuge in & neighbor's room, and that subsequently he threat- ened to kill her, saying that he would leave all his property to his brother atter having killed her, but that the neighbors interfered and caused his arrest. On one occasion, as she er avers, he struck her on the chest with s1 violence that she fell back- wi against a door, and om account of the injuries resulting was col her bed about three weeks; that w! she sick refused to let her have any f nearly starving her, and meantime insisting upon her ene up and working, Which she did until she tainted. In December last she says he kicked and beat her and held a knife to her breast and would have injured her had not the neighbors again interfered and caused his arrest, She also alleges that he often locked the door of her room and kept her confined, sometimes tor days, saying he would cause her to become insane and place her in a lunatic asylum. Upon application ot ex-Judge Michael C. Gross, Judge Van Hoesen yes- terday granted an order to, show cause why the de- fendant suould not be compelled to pay alimony and counsel fee, and give her the custody ofthe chil- dren. Tho order is made returnable on the 6th inst. SUMMARY GF LAW CASES. In the suit of William R. Gould and others against the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company, brought to recover on collaterals hypothecated by John Bonner & Co. for a loan of $35,000, the facts of which have been published, Judge Barrett yesterday gave a de- cision in favor of the plaintiffs. Mr. Charles G. Clark brought a foreclosure suit against Charles W. McIntyre. The latter's wife Sut in a defence alleging that when she signed the mort- gage she was on infant, and has never since accepted it. Judge Barrett yesterday dismissed the complaint as to her, holding that she never surrendered her dower right, In the habeas corpus proceedings brought by George L, Simonson to secure the discharge of ttosa Marcini, committed for two months to the Workhouse, she having been found in the street begging, a discharge was ordered yesterday by Judge Van Vorst, he hold- ing that the record of commitwent was illegal in not having been filed on the same day or simultaneously with the'commitment. George’ C. Chandler sued Mrs, Marietta R. Stevens to recover one mont salary and money expended us her agent for the renting of the Stevens flats. Hv got judgment by default for $1,082 73, A motion was mude before Judge Freedman to set aside this defauit, it beimg claimed by Mrs. Stevens that she has a good detence to the action and that she sup- posed that the matter had been settled. ‘he motion was granted, On payment of costs of the mation aud Sheril!’s fees, dn the suit brought by ex-Sheriff Conner against Cornelius K, €.@rison to enforce an attachment against the Samana Bay Company, the latter having bought $20,000 worth of the stock aud paid only $14,000 of the amount, Judge Barrett yesterday over- ruied the demurrer to the complaint. A judgment, it will be remembered, was obiained against the cou pany by Mr. Keid, its secretary, and the goods availe able on attachment only ized $32 75. In regard to the demurrer, Judge Barrett holds that the ave, - ments of the incorporation of the company and Mr. Garrison’s subscription and his liability are sum- cient, COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY, Supreme Count—CuamBers—Held by Chief Justice Dayis.-yNos. 45, 99, 245, 263, 242, 283, 291, 204, 304, 805, 307, 311, 312, 316, 322, 323, 327, 3258, 329, 331, Scvrukme Court—SreciaL Tenm—Part 2—Held by Judge Van Vorst.—Demurrer—No. 16, Platt vs. Platt, No day calendar, Surention Count—SprciaL Term—Held by Judge Freedman,—No day calendar, . Common PLEAs—SPeciaL TenM—Held by Judge Van Hoesen—No day calendar. All other State courts have adjourned for the term. SUPREME COURT—ASSIGNMENT OF 1879. The Supreme Court Judges agreed yesterday to the following assignments for this year:— GENERAL Tenms—January, March, May and Octo- ber, Judges Davis; Brady and-Ingalls. SreciaL Tenms—January, Judge Lawrence; Febru- ary, Part 1, Judge Van Vorst; March, Judge Van Brunt; April, Part 1, Judge Van Vorst;' May, Judge Vun Brunt; June, Part 1, Judge Donohue; October, Judge Van Vorst; November, Part 1, Judge Van Brunt; December, Part 1, Judge Barrett. CHAMBERS.—January, first and third Monday, Judge Barrett; February, first and third Monday, Judge Donohue; March, first and third Monday, Judge Law- rence; April, first and third Monday, Judge Barrett; May, first and third Monday, Ju Dononue; June, first Monday, Judge Lawrenco; J@ne, third Monday, Judge Brady; July, first aud thivd Monday, Judge. Potter; August, first and third Monday, Judge Van Brunt; September, first and third Monday, Judge Westbrook; October, first Monday, Judge Barrett; October, third Monday, Judge Donohue; November, first and third Monday, Judge Lawrence; December, first Monday, Judge Brady; December, Mon- day, Judge Van Vorst. Circuits, &c.—January—Part 1, Judge Donohue; Part 2, Judge Van Vorst; Part 3, Judge Van Brunt. ¥ebruary—Part 1 and Oyer and Termiuer, Judge Bar- rett; Part 2, Judge Lawrence? Part 3, Judge Van Brunt. March—Part 1, Judge Daniels; Part 2, Judge Barrett; Part 3, Judge Donohue. April—Part 1, Judge Van Brunt; Part 2, Judge Donohue; Pari 3, Judge Lawrence. May—Part 1, Judge Barrett; Sahin inn Van Vorst; Part 3, Judge Lawreuce. Jane—Part 1, Judge Van brunt; Part 2, Judge Van Vorst; Part 3, Judge Barrett. October—Part I, first Monday, Judge Donohue; third Monday, Judge barrett; Part 2, Judye Lawrence; Part 3, Judge Van Brunt. November—Part 1 and Oyer and Terminer, first Monday, Judge Davis; Part 1 and Oyer and Terminer, third Monday, Judge Brady; Part 2, Judge Barrett; Part 3, J Van Vorst.’ December—Part 1, Judge Van Brant; Part 2, Judge Lawrence; Part 3, Judge Donohue; adjourned Oyer and Terminer, Judge Daniels. QUITE A LIVELY TIME. * «yaw, Ich bin die landlady, shure |” “And your name is?” ¢ “Mrs. Opperman. dot saloon on Broadway. Ve hev ein boarding house, too. Yaw.” “Do you know Lewis and Shaughnessy, the pris- oners at the bar ?” “Yaw. Dem come by mein bar und make droubles,”” “Do you know them ?” “I bet you! See here vance. Dem come by mein house dwo veeks ago und say to me, ‘Mrs. Opper- man, ve like dot ve stay by your house; ve vant 9 bed.’ ‘Ein bed!’ sacht Ich, You’m dree fellers? You see, Judge, dere yas ein sudra feller; his name vas MacCormach. Och, dot man, ho vas de vurst loafer off de whole pizness. Vell, dey tell mo, yaw, dey vaift vun bed for dreo, Und 1 git dem dot bed for dree for fier toller a veek, But dem fellers don’t got some money to pay and dey don’t pay me yet. I don’t care so much aboud dis; but dem fel- lers dem comin’ by mein place’ efery day und up mein s und galad und herring und tings und never spend a cent. Yaw, das ist vare. Den dem goin’ oud und spracht finmer base aboud mo und den { getten mad. ‘Mr. Lewis,’ sacht Ich gest. ern middach, ven he mit sein freunds vas eatin’ dot free lunch, ‘dot’s besser dot you goin’ oud, 1 don’t vant dot you stay by mein blace. You pay me nod- JUDGES FOR ing und you’m a baser carl, und I vant dot you’ Met right avay.’ ist alle. Vell, “he yet mad und call me names und slowk me auf dot kopf, und den mein bardner, Mr. Ruth, he come oud und dot loafer Shaughysy shout mit his voice, ‘Let de voman go, but ki de Dutehman hell!’ Den dere vas var, 1 bet you. und dishes und glasses fly, und Mr, Ruth he shoot mit his pistol und dem fellers runned avay. I hed Lewis Shaughysy arrested, but MacCormach he get avay. Judi ¢ prisoners in $500 each to ge Flammer held answer and they were loc! upin Jefferson Market Prison. VERY DEAF, INDEED, Edward Sayles appeared yesterday morning in the Harlem Polico Court with a shoe on one foot and a stocking on the other. He is very deaf. “You wore dry last night, Edward?” queried Judgo “All jargon to mo, Your Honor,” Answered the prisoner. Sergeant Barrett, at the request of the Court, then laced his mouth to Sayles’ ear and left his % Judge Duily, wad ae “Yes, things are pretty high,” replied Sayles to the oe first put. “Where is your tome?” ‘Whore do you livo~ah¥" called Mergoant. Barrett " re do you live—ah?”’ oa! with a peoullae emphasis, “Nothing the matter with my liver,” «Pelt him he is fined $3," cried the Judgo, “and see if he can understand that,” “He says your fee is too high, Your Honor; in = Maga you, charge too much,” replied the jeant, “Welt then, ask him what would be # proper thing wR y under the circumstances,’’ Hhe Sergeant tried to beat this latter idea into the prisoner’s brain, but was rewarded with @ yacant stare. The Judye then ordered Sayles to go home, and the latter tor » deat person seemed to oavh very readily at the idea, at Toh bin pardner by Mr. Ruth in | OUR COMPLAINT BOOK. [Norz.—Letters intended for this column must be accompanied by the writer’s full name and address to insure attention. Complainants who are unwilling to comply with this rule simply waste time in writing. Write only on one side of the paper.—Ep. HERALD.) erry ‘“rRamways.” To THe Error ov rue HeRaup:— You very justly satirize the unwieldliness of the titles of our “elevated railroads;’” but, in all serious ness, I would suggest that the companies substitute for these two words that of “tramway,” and Reece from the . slature its sanction o! change. “Tramway” is a thoro appro- priate and adequate ‘Dame, much used pan as applying to nearly all railroads, but very rarel; here. Let it be given distinctively to those whic, are raised above the city | and we will hereafter be called upon only to say the “Metropolitan Tram- way” and the ‘New York Tramway,” instead of those long-linked abominations of sound for the habitual utterance of which life is indeed too short. DIETRICH KNICKERBOCKER. THE POST OFFICE Doors, To THe Eprtor or THE HERALD:— In the matter of entrance and exit in the Post Office there is serious cause for complaint. Each door swings both ways, and the confusion, collisions and loss of time—not to mention profanity—engendered thereby deserve consideration, Those having busi, ness with the Post Office will at once sppre- ciate the* force of my remarks. Each door should be so secured as to swing in one direction only, so that persons going in and out would keep to the right hand. It cannot be said in favor of the present system that it expedites busi- ness, a8 any one who knows will say that the a sion when a man walks right into the building without dodging the doors or collidit with some one is greatly exceeded by those when the contrary is the case, Postmaster James serves the public faithfully and efficiently, and perhaps if he was made aware of the evil he would remedy the anne st REAL ESTATE AGENTS’ COMPLAINT. To THE Eprror o¥ THE HERALD:— In common with all real estate agents we have a grievauce which, we think, should be made known to the public—namely, the difficulty we experience in obtaining our pay for labor and expense in procur- ing tenants for uptown property. Many times dur- ing the past year we have been mulcted out of our legal commission by the owners of houses which, when vacant, they are anx ious to placo upon our lists for the purpose of renting, but after having availed them- selves of our services, and thereby secured tenants, refuse to pay the “laborer his hire.” Recourse to the law ayails us nothing, as we will presently show you, Some weeks ago we Tented s house which has been open on our books for several months past, On pro ntation of our bill for commission the owner of the house, with the characteristic, bland smile, informed our collector that he did not know us, and, though conceding that it was through our efforts the tenant was procured, refused to pay the bill. We then commenced suit for the amount, before Judge Ged- noy, at the Eighth Judicial District Court, who, after 3 hearing, informed us that he would rénder hia decision in eight days. Fifteen days have d and no decision has as yet been rendered, the hon- orable Judge, when spoken to about the matter, says that he has ‘not rendered any decision yet, but if does render it will be for the owner.” This ia such a constant repetition of our experience that we would consider ourselves indebted to you for suf- ucient space for this publication in your “Complaint wowk.’” REAL ESTATE AGENLS. “ALWAYS WITH YOU.” PEOPLE BACKWARD IN HELPING THE POOR— DESERVING CASES—HELP YOR THE NEEDY— ASSOCIATED CHARITIES DISTRIBUTION. It isa fact very plain to anybody who wishes ta see it that the poor are not helped this season with the cheerful promptness so characteristic of former years. The season is now beginning to be felt in all its harshness, for the snow always brings additional poverty tothe poor. Those who heedlessly turn # deaf ear to the many appeals daily presented in this column would scarcely do so if they were only to put themselves to the trouble of visiting the dwel'a ings of the families for whom help is asked. Tae names of these people can always be had by apply- ing at this office, but out of consideration for the | feelings of the sufferers names are never given, the location as described being sufficient to enable any one to find the distressed family. * The following cases have been investigated and found worthy :— 2 ‘ In the rear of No, 148 street, second floor, a family of four need help. The husband is lame and has been an invalid for the last six months. They are all in very destitute circumstances, At No. 217 Centre strect, rear, is a widow with three So They have not even the barest necessaries At No. & Vandewater street, fifth floor, iss sick widow whose husband died in New Orleans of yellow fever in August last, This poor woman - mediate assistance. A family of seven are in very needy circumstances at No. 1,216 Second avenue. The father and tho oldest boy are out of work, in fact are unfit to go to work in Weather like this with the scanty clo they have. The mother is very ill. In room No. 9, third floor, No. 326 West Twen. sixth street, a widow and her four small children, a¢ well as her aged father and mother, are destitute, ‘The old man has been hopelessly blind for five years and is now si In the rear house, No. 100 Columbia streety first floor, a family of six are in distress, The husband is ‘k and they have no food, On the top floor, back room, of No. 225 Mercer etreet a French family are in destitute circumstances, The two sisters are dressmakers, but can get no work, and one of them is sick. In an attic room at No. 106 street a of four can be relieved. Their sto! the old one—out ot work and sick now from absolute want. At No, 416 West ‘I'wenty-sixth street, third floor, room No, 12, «family of five appeal for help. They are utterly destitute. * The tollowing contributions wero received at tho Hxwaup office yest id. W. B.” tor Mile. Ven- turoli, $1; “One Not Worth a Dollar’ for No. 180 Madison street, 60 cents; “M. W. BR.” for No. bod if street, $1; “K. N." for general . N. G.” for No, 225 Twenty-fitth ‘Mrs. C. 8. W.”’ for No. 126 Mulberry, No. 19 Beach, No. 65 Forsyth and No. 225 East Twenty-fifth street, $2each. Total, $21 60. ‘The following notice has been issued by the chair man of the Executive Committee of the associated charity organizations which recently met at the Mayor's ofiice:— To tHe Resioxxts AND Muncuants or New Youe:— The committve of the representatives of the various ail of the Mayor, will, on Tuos- eral city for seguns, tatengn all the ctvone enreapeeta ty orphan boys, under the supervision of gemtlemen bearing cortisientos of wuthority, signed by the chairman and seere- tary, with the seul of tho committos, therefore, appeal to you on bebalf of all the poor ani neody of ovury tne and Feligion, whether the inmates o institutions oF of tenement houses, to prepare for the cum- collection tour everyth! an sparc. iothing for mon, women, eblidron aud, bablos bodding, ing furniture, dry t and provisions of Hindi; coal, wood. and th fact supplios of overs, possible dower Il Fouch » place whero they, will be much need ill gluddon your hearts welcome. Merchants are ospecially requosted to lay aside from thelr stock romnants and whatever is unsulable, and also to notify the committee If willing to furnish wagons for the eunvass. All have the option of designating the object of shatter tt eatsaecnety poe institution it sho write it may ‘be wollte leave ‘he: dusribution fo the conn: mittee that be lected. Ww ILLARD PARSONS, Chairman Exooutive Committes, rote MUNICIPAL NOTES. pack ern ‘The statement of the condition of the city finances for the week ending December 31, made by City Chamberlain Tappan, shows the following :—Balance December 21, $5,078,545 97; receipts, $2,357,861 71; payments, $5,883,671 26; balance December $1, $1,052, 736 43. > Corporation Attorney Boyd yesterday paid to the Comptroller the suin of $547, penalties collected dur- ing the month of December. ‘The Council of Political Reform has appointed « committee to wait upon Mayor Cooper to-day to con- gratulate him upon his accession to the Mayoralty 4 to pledge to him the support of the organization And hetover efforts ho inay make to advance the into onus ot New York. Mayor Cooper, attended Mr. Morrison, ed 4 yate secretary, and Colonel arrived at the City M. The party had Hall Cmarnenw about eleven A. «ly ent the Mayor's office when a number of natives of the sunny land of Italy presonted them- selves, the two foremost of the grow blooming maiden of sixteen summers and a burly son of Tus- cany—stating that they wished to uot married, Mayor men ggerdlh grin A called tor the book containing the ritual w on such occasions, and proceeded to make the two'oue. When the Mayor came to that part of the ceremony where the groom is asked whather he will “love, cherish and honor,” lis wife, the Italian, who rejoiced in the name of Nicolini Si vino, did not appear to tnderstand the question, At longth, however, ue if sudden light had been shed on he he in o halt ¥ 1 pee