The Sun (New York) Newspaper, October 9, 1872, Page 1

—_ * FORTIETH YEAR. THE OCTOBER ELECTION — Fraud and Corruption Triumphant in Pennsylvania — Ohio Goes for Grant by 12,000 Majority. A CLOSE VOTE IN INDIANA. Cameron Going Back to the United States Senate. MORTON STILL IN GREAT DOUB Victory Won by the Most Shameful Frauds, PROOF OF THS Grant CONCLUSIVE FRAUDS, The latest returns render almost tain that the Grantites have carried Ohio nnd Pennsylvania, ‘The resuit in Indiana ison doubt, Pounsylvania has been carried by the osest of frauds, ‘These frauds are so they are admitted by both parties, Philadelphia registered more votes than this city under the complete control of William M. Tweed, when the population of New York was 250,000 more than that of Philadelphia, At iP, M fizuve had been re- evived city from Philadel- phia, All the rns were in the hands of Hartrantts committee. At first they claimed 14,000 majority, hut as the returns from the country indicated Buckalew gains, they increased the majority to 16,00 Later in the evening they raised it to 18,00 and at 1 o'clock this morning they were Claiming over 20,000 1aje n Philade phia, without giving a single fare to sub- stantiate their claim. ‘Th es that they are prepaved to figur ny major- ity necessary to cleet Hartruntt The Liberals probably lose three mem- bers of Congress, one in the Bedford Dis- trict, one in the Cambria District, and one in the Tioga District The Legislature } Uy been counted in for Grant. cures the return of Simon Cameron the State Senate, onto Th Ohio the Liberals have made a gallant nt. They had 20,000 Grant majority last your to overcome, They gai at least 5,000 in Hamilton (Cincinnati) county, But this guin is not sustained throughout the State The Grontites probably carry it from by 10,000 to ‘ t Graut’s majority in 1868 was 41425 The Congt s he heer changed, it is dificult toma estimate Two years age tl wien stood 13 Res publicans and 6 Democrats, 'Phis year we gin the Cincinnati districts, the delega- tion probably showing a net Democratic grin of two and jx The Legislature does not elect a United States Senator DIANA The returns from Indiana are meagr The Morton gang colonizet the state with negro voters, but th Leena needin their fraudulent votes fidently claim the State by a sma ‘ yen ried itin Isi0 by 56s. Grants majority in 1868 wa Last year the Cor ny stood 6 Re publicans and 5 Democrats, wy they probably stand 7 i md 6 publicans We have no returns fromthe # ture, Which elects a Senator to steLe notorious Oliver P. Morton NEMKASKA AND SOUTH CANOL Returns fr Nebraska and seuth Caro. lina are meagr he latter State goes tor Grant, while the former is doubtful Unparalicled Frauds te Philadelphia Grant Oficiats Aiding the Repeaters Respects able Citizens Robbed of thew Votes. PHInapeLriia, Oct. —The high-handed manner in which the Grant leaders have perpe trated their outrages on the thox in this city to-day hax no parallel in the history of elootions in any country, There were at least one thousand repeaters brought from New York by Custom House officers and located at diffe ent points in the city, from which they were marched to polling places where the election ‘ officers were © fixe ad their votes taken in Bpite of all protests, Inthe Nineteenth Ward the repeaters ard re s took possession of the polls at an early hour this morning, and have been running the election to suit themselves, in open violation of the law, The election officers refused to announce the votes hourly in the Fifteenth and Twenty-second Warde OPEN RELBASE OF A KEPEATPR. During the f & repeater presented himself at the polls inthe Fifteenth Ward, and represented that he wa business man who re pened that the gentle the son of a well-known ides in that ward, It hap- an was present, and In- stantly denounced the fellow as a repeater. A police officer arrested him, took him one square, and after shaking hands with him allowed him to go free At another polling place Mr. Miles, a promi- ont business man of this elty, and three Irlends, all well-known business men, of- fored thoir votes, and were told that they had already voted. They indignantly denied it, but the elect ers refused to take thelr votes, and the » remeay whatever. The followir 4 partial returns are necessarily fnoomplete, but will indicate to a ce ain ex: tent the frauds perpetrated in this city, Inthe Bixth Legislative District Porter (Hep.) has 1,100 1 ajority, The Fifth Ward gave 44 Kepublican ajority-a gain of 46. The Virst Ward gives 1.49 Republican majority, a galn of 423, Inthe Fifth Legislative Distriet Joba Welch Mndependent Dew.) ise ted by 1,000 majority over Dougherty tegu Dew The ghth Ward gives 45 Republican majority, a gain of Be. The Yenth Ward gives 1870 Republican Majority, a yuin Ozh, ‘The diateenth Ward give 0 Mepublican imatority, @ gain of sh maths heat es'2.100 majority for Har- frantt ' 2.10) inajority for } Ward iin of 90. Pa the Pour ew hws iM, a Republican gain 1 Ave lected overy Jogialator Inthe city,excepttws, ‘The tecang whol @ Republican majority af ton geen aed gives Alexander's majority in the | storlal Dine trict fs 2,100, The following are 1 Bate at large In Allegheny Hartran tt ha norease Of 3,500 over last year Buckalew's majority in Be y la from the jority, an ka Peach 6,000, perhaps more, which i un Hurtrantt runs behind in Pittsbur ne Voto 1s very heavy in Lrly Oats clalm gains. 5 e Duvkalow aligad of bis thket iy Chambon unty will a Dem h The Demos burg. ‘The Democrats count on at least 2,000 majorit In” Gettysburg Hartranft had been to any extent, thlehem, Lehigh county, Hartrantt is ckalew ix ahead In Doylestown and Easton, with # hoavy vote In both places, Hartranft was scratched somewhat in West- chester. 4 ad. At Leb complete. At Ashland the vote ts heavier, but there ts no decisive gain on either side. Returns from Chestor, Montgomery, and Mon- roe counties show small Republican gains, In Columbia, Allegheny, and Susquehanna the Republicans gain, In Hellefonte Hartranft gains 12 votes District Attorney Mann clafms 14,00) inajority for Hartranft In this city He, with Hartranft, Kemble, Yerkes, and others of that ik, are in tho Union Leagué, where Hartranft delfvered a short speech, in which he thanked all his friends for tholr efforts In his behalf. What the Hon, Samuel J. Randall Thinks. To Charter A. Dana, Bilitor of The Sin, Neve York. Philadelphia gives nearly 20,000 for Hart- ranft, and the State don't show any gains to make Buckulew's election kely SAML. J. RANDALL. non Hartranft was al Count not Necroes Contributing Hart. * Majority Philadelphia Tradiog off Buckalew for Local Oficers. PuiLaperpiia, Oct. &—The returns far received from the interlor of the State are very unfavorable. In all the localities where negroes were said to be colonized the Radicals have enort ains. In other localities, Hke Reading. where the hard-shell Democrats pre- they gain likewise. In this city there auses which operated against Buck- alow, ‘The liquor men traded him off all day for local officers, In the Fourth and Fifth Wards all the Democratic rounders worked from early morning agalnat him, They were led by John Ahern, a ne s repea 1 rough. Th proves that a bargain Was made to save certain Jemocrats Who were concerned In the shooting of Brooks, on whom, Mara threatened to peach, There is no doubt that at least five thousand fraudulent votes were polled in a half dozen wards in this city. Froim present indications Hartranft’s masority will not be lesa than twenty-five thousand in the State, aud may pc aibly reach thirty, sionals Twenty Thousand Majority for Wartraut. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. &—The State 1 gone for Hartrantt by overtwenty thousand ma y the moet barefaced frauds ba been Jlow the Thing was Dor Pritapenpnta, Oct, §—Lhe Republican Fxe Cammittee has been in session all ay in the Mayor's office, They have return from many wards of the city, but positively re+ fuse to disclose them, and openly say that they re Waiting to see what the country towns will » The State Central Committee at the Leagi © professtt no returns. It fe very nt that the Ki ve mined te count Hartranft The returns will not be over tll lite. The itepublican city politicians claim Wi OP. Ma large procession is pasa ets with musle, Nearly New with it, nil repeate They had banners, transparencles, fireworks. and iuminations all ready in anticipation of the result. ‘The. Allen and George Hepburn are among then, also the Well-known thieves who came on lust’ night. Drunken negroes econ Pony the procession, and Join their cheers and arms with the white thieves. How Martrantt's Majority was Secured Thieves nnd Mur Kelenred to Secure his Ble Pure apervira, Oct, &—The returns from all parts of the State come in slowly. They show that Hartranft has certainly been elected by not Jess than 40,0) fraudulent votes, the great mass f which have been cast in this city. The peo- ple are slowly realizing the fact that they hav been bought by the money of the Administra- tion, Nothing approximating the frauds per petrated here has ever been heard of. ‘The for Hartranft, but they arrested several Domo- ratie © 1 to receive fraud- ent voter. Ganus of repeaters travelled in muse ar 1 buggies fr ne polling place to another in charge of United States Marshals and Custom House officers, and twice during the day voted at each place for Hartranft. Many of these men were brought n here from New York tn regularly ganized mobs, while othera have been let loose from jails or State prisons. Sor Importat f both negroes and white and Jerers, Asan ey ¢ of thi 1 tate tiat Pat M ey was sentenced at r 1 in Auguat for oasauit and batt aut prisonment, On Sunday the par. don was shown to MeGinley’s friends In a publ Darr t cken, and the considera: ion made known that they were to go for Hart ranft. ‘Ihis was acceeded to, and yesterday MeGiniey was released. The fact becoming nown, District Attorney Brunner investigated and evidence the pardon had been obta ronft, The District Attorney then went into court, before Judge Ross, and made affidavit to the ts, wearing that unlawful means had been resorted to to obtain the pardon. nee of the manner in which the acte at the polls of the Division of the Tenth Ward, « repeater, 2 that Francis Babbit was out of the clty elf as that individual, and bad icher present to certify that he was the veri- Babbit himself. It so happened that Francis Babbit’s father was standing by and proved conclusively that the whole affair was 4 pross fraud, whereupon a policeman seized the rounder by the neck ina very savage man- ner, led him two or three aquares away, and then after shaking hands with him let him go, while the ticket « d by him was deposited in the ballot box he ease was given showing that ned by Gen, Hart- morning resented bin At one of the polling places in the Twentieth Ward I approached # policeman this afternoon and asked him in my most confidential mood how the old thing was working,” and at the same time gave him @ nudge tn the ribs, We had three to one the best of them this morning,” said he," but about noon they kinder pleked up with us much as we “Who de quired Whiy office tempt Then 1 am very sorry for it” I exclaime nd now ‘an do to pick up. you mean by we?" I innocently in- Hartranft, of course,” rejoined the with a look of mingled surprise and con- Iwill take us as walking « At that moment the officer drew his club, and calling me" ad~d Democratic repea threat~ ened to arrest me if 1 did not Such is a Philadelphia pe tean liberty To detail the many acts of tyranny perpetrated by these uniformed scoundrels would take t much valuable tine and space, Suffice it to say that in the reault of this election, obtained as it has been by the most barefaced frauds, the Ju diciary,the municipal authorities, and the w force have been the adjuncts of the uneron ring. ‘Together they have laid the plans Which culininated In the defeat of Buckalew hot by votes, but by the most outrageous frauds ever perpetrated on a free people. Are we hg to stand it 77 Is the question honest men are asking each other to-night. ‘Terrible threats ro heard, and a vigilance Committee ts threat- omy nan’s idea ¢ f away Amer- The exeltement throughout the whole city ts terrific. Bontres are burning at all points, and around them are congregated hundreds of the best citizens canvassing the returns, which are nulletined as fast as received in the principal hotels and in all public places, ‘To say that the Grant men baye been agreeably surprised at the sully satisfactory to mon like Kemble, Yerkes, Mackey, and Hartranft, does not fully exp the seitinent, But to describe the scorn of the he beral Republicans and Democrats, who rel an honest vote and an honest count, is more than Lean do, AiLL can soy is that if the eityof Philadelphia has ine creased in such 6 deuree since the last guberna torlal election that 40,000 more voters can regis- ter now than did then, the actual population Must be equal lo that of Paris, and far exceed New York, Col, McClure informed me to-night that every vote cast in this city counta on the majority for Hlartranft. By that he means that while Bucka- low has a majority in the State outside of this city, the fraudulent yote here elects Hartrantt, Let nen of the North, South, East, and West know that money has accomplished this result, Politicians, ward clubs, Supervisors, Inspectors, ngers, and distributers have all been uzhtup, and hence the result, As a proml- Boyt pybiliciea guid to me Wy-uledt dew Row | Sun. afraid to apeak to any one, for Toannot discrimt- uisand of you here altogether,” aaid the off- | tection of the Government, to go and vote In beter - “TD RUppORe ¥ t to vote early. Get | Philadelphia to day, Name van von. sual sha age hoa Oi of Herel and the prisoner was, discharged. Yours respectfully, FF om, Conn Pistabareh By this time a few of tre men were so drunk | New York, Oct. 8. ‘enficting Returns Received at Pirtabare ane? (ney were locked up to prevent them from a Liberal Gains to Pirrssunen, Oct. 8.—The most conflict- ing returns are being received from the wester part of the State, and both parties claim the vio- tory. The Hartranft mon claim the State by at least ten thousand, while thelr opponents assort that if the State has gone Republican, It Is by a small majority Allegheny county has gone Re- publican, by what majority tt is impossible to aay, but probably about the same asin Goary's Inet election. It was then 4,557, It gave Grant in 1888) 10,816 asority, A full vote was not given here, the Kepublicans having made amost complete arrangement for challenging, and s blocking the polls, H. Buchor Swope ‘also ap- pointed Special Deputy U. 8, Marshals for every ward, whe, by their influence and interferen made voting so tedious that yyiP men left the polls, Hob Mackey claims that Allegheny coun. ty will give bis friend Hartranft 7,000 majority, and Swope offered to bet $1.00) to-night that (he ld go 10,000, On the other hand, a loading Liberal last night offered to bet heavily that the State would give a Democratic ma- oelty Join Ueawford county the Liberale have made heavy ‘on the Democratic vote of last year, and the county cannot give more than 1000 for the Hartranft teket Venango county . no doubt, given Bucka- A respectable majority, notwithstanding that force was resorted to in the town of Peters- bung, where the pollstwere forelbly closed. Buckalew ticket has a Th Fayette county. the clean aw In Butler and Reaver the Republican y shows a decided falling off, aa predicted by T Sts Green and Washington counties have gone de- cided Dewocraticly.. If no frauds are practi ed in the east, our | ent Heese Rumors are atloat t Philadelphia will give a large fraudulent m: ity, and Mackey himself states that Philadelpnia is fixed. ‘The Returns by Election Districts The following are the latest telegraphic returns by election districts, ax compared with tho vote last year, when the Administration aa. 14,400, the total jority was vote being over 100,00 less than In 1868, when Grant carried the State by 25,508 majority 1 Bean ip. Ua te Troy t hy \. } Mel 8 o a Fy Hy Now ti a hinaus HL is » Mihi tat Ward : 3 Fe io ra 4 ws “ hh bs s ; i a ‘ 0 a wp * F 4 Montour. a ” nu low rn « 1 0 Mourve b - 4s Monroe towns lip » Met Debus. “ u - Towanda — 1% e = Morrigvile + 3 Weat Newton 26 Le = Jedlde borcust : Hethiehe 1 Ward. ¥ ed 9 bowmingtow i TE pea F ue 4 > m ¢ : is if pa x t 5 cr) ‘ & x ‘ ‘ i ; i it Hy : Busbhill, ” 186 hast Pc} 3 Fast " F Lontrenceviii Vi A ‘i { . ry \ Miditevown: Ini is os iatrone i i F fate Divirieis::"., 968 8 ai Cheater a4 Norriton is Eescuck i to Votes in the Ward last year o Phile i Copies of the Registry Lists in Possession—Voting on Voters’ Na Monday's trains on the New Jersey Rail- road were thronged with New York roughs, who had been hired to work as rej« rs for Hart. ranft in Philadelphia, One of the chief Custom House officers from the Tenth Ward ts said to have received $6,000 for organizing and manauy- ring one of the gangs of New York repeaters, Ti crowd Included men from Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and cluded many persons well known to the polie Butt Mullins and Bull Manney, Nineteenth Ward ; Johnny Scott, allas Mick MeCarty, Patsey Hogan, Mickey Melville, and Pudding MeGowan of Twenty-second Ward; aad there were Third avenue car men and men from Fulton and Wash. ington Markets, making altogether a gang that would Inspire terror anywhere out of New York OFF FOR PHILADELPSIA The gangs started for the Cortlandt street fe ry in groups of twenty or twenty-five. Nearly all went on the later trains, some not starting until midnight, On this train was a collection of per- haps seventy-five, Some of them were drunk, but the majority were somewhat sober, the lead- ers trying to keep the rum out of them until they had got through voting for Hartyanft, HARTHANPT'S POLICE, This train arrived at Philadelp about 4 o'clock yesterday morning, and there it was boarded by police officers who went through the cars, laughingly or sneeringly asking where the repeaters were, as though they did not see the wang getting off the train at all points, These volicemen were evidently under pay from the fartranft committee. ‘To keep up appearances: tw r three of the repeaters were jected to @ mock arrest of a fow minutes. “ Whatare vou doing here’ sald an officer to @ ragged rough. “T just come on for @ little fun,” was the roply. “And I suppose thore must be about Gye ‘Twenty-secon Wards, and in- blindly injuring thetr friends. MBADQUARTERS 01 PRATERS IN PIHILA- The pion Now York gang were escorted in Philadelphia to the rooms of the Republican Inyincibles, 8 North Broad street. Hore were to be found mostof the men from the ‘Tenth and Fourteenth Warda of New York. ‘The en- tire New York delegation numbered. about 50 en OF KON) voto for nearly all the men on. aged were adopts In the business, and all the more anxious t ot to work on account of their temporary loas of employment for the past fe months. ‘Several of the Invincibies were at thelr head- quarters, and their congental New York friends taken to the neighboring hotels and sa- Joona for breakfast, ail at the expense of the offlcehoiders. When this was over It was about time to begin voting for Hartranft, INE PIUNTRD REGISTRY. At the Invincible headquarters was a printed copy This by the register of vi ry of each district, ok was presided over by a big man with peard. and a barely perceptible smile on He deftly plied a pair of shears. Theso comprised the machinery for mak- itizen of Philadelphia and a voter ing aman a for Hartranft. Slicing w slip from the book tt was handed to some Kew York thief, who smiled to find himself transformed 1 Elisha Smith, merchant, 14 Arch street, Qt mhatever else the slip raght indicate, Shoul- der-hitters th n Of thin, Uh found possessed Alias NOW TIRY VOTED, When a man bad received his name he was steered to 4 pollin when he came away there had registered one more vote for Hartranft. Then back to bis employers, who dubbed themselves and their native companions with fictitious names, seeming to doubt t maxim, ‘here is honor among thieves.” When ff tmien had had a little rest, «drink, and a cigar, he received another printed slip, became some- body else, and another vote for Hartrantt, ‘The repeaters were generally voted in knota of two or three. Th was very little trouble Many Democratic inspectors had been bought, and the challenging of the ters vote Ww done more for a jok anything else. “Whats your nr re do you live? What's your oc and the repeater described himself as per printed slip, and, if he voted for Hartranft, hia vote was accepted A few sturdy frionds of Huckalew were active in attempting to prevent the fraudulent voting, but the Work had been so well planned, and It was so svatemationily carried out, that opposi- Hon was almost entirely futile COL, M'CLURE LOWEKLESS, Late yesterday morning a man who thoroughly posted on the repeating buat called on the gallant Col, MeClure at the Libe headquarters in Philadelphia to inform him the gigantic frauds being perpetrated. Col. Me- Clure was restive, he knew so woll that an honest vote would elect Huckslow, and he knew so well the means being used against him. He 8 fully aware of the extent of the repeaters’ but said: Ido? My hands are tled, and [ can do nothing. If we arrest these men. they are at once discharged, and that emboldens them to even great tT frauds than they had com fore, They seo at once that, being lischarged, they are perfectly protect wud to arrest them only mitted be promptly ed by th makes thi OFFICIALS LRAGURD WITH THE GANG. Many policemen seemed In league with the re. peaters frauds were of the most. bave- faced di tion, Decent men who want vote the Democratle ticket were at many pollin Places put to great trouble bef were received, and every minute precious to the stuffers. who not adily for Hartranft, but in many instances varied the monotony of going to headquarters for the nam y were ti votean next by ald- ing in hustling Buckalew men from the polls Did some cour fF Demovrat chal lenge a repeate laughed at the challenge and t« i k the vote. OTHER Several cities were repre peaters. Baltimore senta g and several Western cities The preliminary arrangements, the gathering of the clans, and the disposition of the rop Hect the highest. credit on the. business ‘committee who managed it. Old avers, (hugs who ty yosed them- r y pr nt business of Xpress thonmelves astonished by the Anos. ited by eange of re- od-sized delegation, were represented tina. completeness of the arrangements for carrying out the fraud on the hotest. people of Pennayt yanla.and they cheerfully throw up the sponge to thelr more corrupt brethren in Philadelphia why support Grant and Hartranft eee Hortrouft's Fraudule Only Two Congres ty 15,000 Districts Guined—The Returns Doctored After the Repeaters Had Done Their Work, PUUILADELPHTA, Oct, &.— Grant Ring have carried out unted Hartranft in. in such a barefaced. make one w community he Cameron- their boast. They and counted bim In cous Manner as to nder if Pennsylvania is a civilized We have been beaten in this State by have ¢ the most shameless bribery, the most audacious intimidation and extraordinary counting ever seen in acampaten, Not thia atone beat Charles He Buckalow, ‘There was mismanagement tn the Liberal campatgn, Their efforts toa great ex- tent were Vhilad are burg left to the Philadelphia w only alm of the Liberal ers seemed to be to influence the country vote, and the returns to-night show that the seed fell on good ground piled to the phin, Pitts h untry Reading, merey of fully The citles of and Harris the enemy ted. ‘The shar neg The country towns show that Buckalew could have been chosen if the same work that had been done in them had been done here ‘The Grant men had plenty of mo Where they could not buy a vote, they bought those whose duty It was to count the ballots, Ttook awalk several times during the day through the Fifth, Fourth, ‘Third, Eleventh, and Seventeenth Wards, all good for Demo erutic majorities, and found a majority of the antlGrant election officers blind to the frauds that were being committed. Or- 1 gengs of repeaters went from poll vo ore 8 o'clock this morning and yoted on nes of Democrats who were registered No efforts were made to stop them, Deputy Marshals p ted them and Mayor Stokeley's police held at bay all challengers, In the Seventh Ward. in the vicinity of 7th and South streets, alittle Oyht between half adozen whites and blacks brought out a platoon of police ur der the personal control of Mayor Stokeley, wh invated the Fourth Ward, drove the Democrats from the and thelr ofticers It was such conduct this that gave the Grant 1 a gain thousand in the strongest Democratic din the ‘Then Hartranft had promised a pardon to Bob Lister Smith, now in the penitentiary, if his frlends would work for the Grant ticket and the confess f an assassin was to intimidate and affect: Alderman MeMullit Pollcemen stood at the polls openly peddling Uckets, while villainous deputy marshals club. hed who dared resent their outrage: What could not money did. ‘Thus the First Senatorial District, which Is legitimate ly Democratic, was made to give man, Alexander, 4,000 majority ean mal 0 In this ¢ a cheat, but itis vot polls, arrested of wa the Cameron The Republi ity is a fraud and nough to overthrow the hi and give the he est State to Hart ranft The same ste Mackey telog country y comes to us from Pittsburg phed to Everett at 6 o'clock that he would give Hartfrant §,000 in Allegheny The State has gone for Hartranft by about 15,000, ‘These are the figures of MeClure and Forney, ‘The Grant men gain a Congressman in woniyrdeat Distriete, and one two legislators In Philadel the Sixth and the State Senat phia, The returns of thia city were bh rand Id back until Alleghony and Lancaster were heard from, ‘Then the ward returns were doctored to sult, ‘The managers are now wild to make a big m jority. The with 1,000, would have been content yesterday ‘To-night they Insist on Increasing tt thirty fold, Edo not think iC will be over 15,000, and [feel Certain they have only gained the two Congressional districts have nanied, Tiow it wae Done, To the Editor af The Sun. Sin: A manemployed by Vernon Bros, & Co., paper dealers, was approached last even- ing by ono Hensley of the Seventh Ward with Vay valor ud Bi) a five paps byork aud the Rig A United Btates Supervisor Honding a Ga of Repenters. Among the gaugs of repeaters which left by the different trains for Philadelphia on Mou day was one made up from the Hoodluma, who have thoir headquarters at Division and Ridge Stroots, and who make that quarter of the city dangerous for respectable people, The loader of this particular assortment of outlaws is one of Grant's Suporvisors of lection for that dis trict, selocted for the his friends exhibited w mur carried hit corpse lato home, offering condolence to his widow on the way, in oharacteristic style. Tha hame of this fellow Is atthe service of Marshal Sharpe, Davenport, or Decoy Bliss, should. they desire to go through the form of asking for it. They know him and his wever, We mention the fact of his pre ipation and his prospoctive employment that honest. men who vote in his district may be forewarned and a front of them while in his keep him always vicinity, ——- onto, Over 6,000 Libera Co} Gain tn Hamite nity The Returns from the State t Greeley—The Returns Lucompt NATI, Oct, &—From returns at hand the Liberal-Democratio ticket has swept Hamilton county by 4,000 majority. ‘This ia a Liberal gain over last year of over 6,000. very ward and township shows a Liberal gain, We have elected our three Congressmen, Returns from the intertor of the State are not favorable, So far we have not held our own. Returas very slow, —~— Tho Sinte Gone for mt Coremmnus, Oct. 8.—Warren City, Trum- hull county—Three wards give Wikoff (Repub- lican), for Secretary of State, 501; Wiley (Demo- erat), 200, Returns re: various countl Hican gain © State in Isi0 from twenty townships in of the State show a net Repub- er the tajority for Secretary of of DIM votes, ‘The lican ma Jority then was 20.108, Two of these townships show a Democratic gain of 2 votes. Civeinn att, Oct. &—The whe ticket is defeated here, Eggleston over 2,000 majority, Hayes is beaten by over 1,000 majority The Dem m rity for Wiley, Liberal candidate for Secretary of State, iu Hamiltea county is over 4,000 T believe. M. HALsrRAD, Gran s beaten by ore alco The Republican Majority Over Ten Thonsn CoLtumnus, Oct. &—Seattering returns from townships indicate » Republican majority in Ohio of 10.000 Hurd, Democrat, is elected to Congress in the Ninth District. ‘There is a Dem- oeratic gain In the ‘twelfth District. Jewett, Democrat, is ele ted by over 5,000 majority. INDIANA, A Close Vote Everything at Sea~The iRe- turns Held Back, INDIANAPOLIa, Oct. tion re turn so far are very meagre. ‘The ticket ts very urns are received only from small ts. The vote is very close. It will be late before a correct estimate can be made. One precinct in St. Joseph county gives Brown, Republican for majority White River township. Randolph count Brown 98 majority New Haven, Allen county, gives Hen: Democrat for Governor, 10 majority Guilford township gives Brown 450 majority. Fired upon by Negroe Several Persons Wounded, The despatches from Cincinnati give very ineagre details of the riot there on Monday night. It in shown, however, that the neg began the fring. ‘The colored women of Allen Chapel, at Sixth street and Broadway, were holding a church fair, ‘They had a brass band playing forthem in front of the church, This Ww a large crowd of persons, and a speech wa called for, A colored man began speaking to thom, At this time a procession of Greeley men was marching west on Fifth street toward Broadway, one block away. Here, and at this time, the Bring began. The preponderance of testimony shows that a large negro standing at Fifth street and Broadway fired the first shot. Overnor, A Greeley Process res The confusion then became fearful, and the en in the procession started to run, and then rallied. ‘The eolored men, such as had platols, seon nd retiring north of Broadway 1 colored men ran to thelr armory on New street and procured muskets, and tt aln and succeeded 1h Hastening back to their were addressed by one of tried to make them believe that the attack upon them was premeditated hy the Greeley men, who Intended to prevent them from voting, He urged them to go to the polls and vote, Fit cost them their liv The riot ular wa and the Mayor Chief of Police, and the whole police force we svon at the acene of the riot. ‘The police formed acroas Lhe streets in platoons and drove t d away, From fifty to seventy-five shi e fired during the riot, and several persons p wounded. The seriously wounded are James Smith, tn the fleshy part of the thigh, and Thomas Warrington, also in the thuch Sinith was in ion, and Warringt was standing « sidewalk’ when the fir began. Many were slightly wounded, fa Swe The Result of a Connecticut Town Ele Harrronp, Conn., Oct. 8.—One hundr and twenty of 168 towns in this State have been heard from, Fifty-eight elect the entire Repub lican ticket, and In 24 these offices are divi¢ between the two parties, ‘The Democrais have gained eight towns which were wholly Repub- lean last year, and the Republicans have gained elght towns which were Democratic last year, aaa Sixty Thousand Majority SAVANNAH, Oct, 8.—The has received oMetal returns fr: in Georgia. Morning News m 16} countios giving Smith a majority of 50 There thirty-two counties to hear from, which will ubtiess swell the majority to 60,000. THE EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY Waiting for the Returns in Printing Hous Sauare-Honest Citizens Everywhere Di kusted ~The Trickery a rent Loudly Coud ‘There was intense excitement in Printing House square and about the news) offices lust evening, During the aft he bulletin boards were closely seanned wer multi dd the latest editions of the evening newspapers were in great demand, After night- fall calcium lights were placed before Tak SUN per rhoon by « tudes, a and Tribune offices, and the election returns were exhibited on the bulletins as soon us re- ceived At 8 o'clock the had increased from hundreds to thous: A score or more were crowded into the disaial Counting rou of the disreputable Zunes, Where returns were patched on the Walls CHEERING FOR HONEST HORACE GREELEY At 8 o'clock the Tribune posted the following Hartranft managers claim 16,000 majority in Philadel pita, The Liberals can stand that, aud st{il wu The last sentence caused great cheering fi Honest Horace Greeley At the Herald office’ a calcium light and a bulletin were in fall blast. “Phe young man who slung the ink brush appeared smiling on the platform at 815, He bowed to the audience and wrot McClure and Democrats give up and are all going Wee! wire se 608 ae CONFLICTING REPORTS FROM PHILADELI HLA, Ho soon returned and wrote: Contettng reports. from Philade Alexander MeClure is aul confideat Forney ts reported de Then the youth retired. In five minutes he was back flourishing his paint brush again, He wrot A lige deapateh from Philadeiphia anys the city. ha one Yount for Bucki As the evening advanced deop-laid and skilfully executed frauds pouring in the throng gradually number, eame decreased in pans At Tammany Hall, ‘The old Tammany wigwam was thronged last evening with an enthusiastic multitude,who Gavaared Wy boar the rolusms Crom te eluchune in Pennsytvania, Ohio, and Indias Col, Far- num addressed them as fotlows : exe: We lod hore Feiiwow a nay pight to learn the resulta of the offortt of the Liberal Republioan and Democratic partica to ec cure @ pure and honest administration, peace and reconciliation with oar theron — bret ny end the discomfture of those disciples of corrup: ton now Qolaiog ire. reins of Rit rte 2 Every whore they will do thelr best, and if truth is dest ned to win the day, our friends wili win, and if we lose it will be by the nization of repeaters and bailot-box stulers t Inttinidate the people and rab honest mon of thelr right man of the people, He bor by his own efforts hi ind knowlmlge tuat of geeded In acquirln have bronght him eas aNd those Wo: derful and polished Idens that from his lips dui Ing his recent trip through the Weat, Can we say for Grant? Is he his peer to hold the highest office In the gift pd eniightened nation? Noi « thousand t oman, Tet alone hie ability, hata right to occupy th Presidential chair who haa not an honest heart, wh not for the peopl people's greatent wind, above all influence of money or position in deciding matters pertaining to his high omer ‘The distressed and suffering South calls upon you, fel Jow citizens: to dand take ther by the 4 iife them ugh of corruption and ¥ Into which they are sunk to an almost hopeless depth. Do vour whole duty at the polls, and among the circle of your friends, aod the truth will surely triumph, (Great applause.| Stirring apeoches were also doliverad by Col. Sevel. the Hon. Charles C, Aleshire, and other distinguished citizens: — At the Hotels, The lobbies and corridors of the hotels in Broadway were thronged last evening by all shades of the political element, eager to hear the latest returns from Pennsylvania, Obio, In- dian other States where elections were held, Atan early hour tn the even! citement in anticipation of the news was but slight, but later, as more accurate reports were received, the exitement was intense, At the Metropolitan Hotel, when the first tel- egram announced a majority for Hartranft in Philadelphia, the habitues were sorely disap od grains proved mor crease in th et, the enthus' as was very great. Old opponents in former political contests now shook hands at the re- sult, and resoly labor the re nestly m. The absence of the rowdy was asserted Was hover so. ft ywhere remarked, It e that New York ighs and loafers as it was y erday The State Democratic Comittee roome at the St. Nicholas Hotel Were thronged. ‘The reports at first discouraged them somewhat, but a stirring address hy on. John Kt,’ Fellows revived their spirits iy telegram ceived, indicating a reduction for the Division, and Sil party. Cheers were eral ticket, and all «4 in November, A Cominittee rooms were minent business men of the city, and thelr disgust at the outrageous frauds porpetrated by the Cameron Ring to carry for Hartranft_ knew no bounds, ‘The lobbies were also well filled,and every new-comer was anxiously queried as tO the latest news. THK ASTOK HOUSE: ‘The parlors of the Astor, House were jammed by an throng, Messengers were fr quently con the Sux bulletin to asc tain tho latest news. Bets were offered after the first telegrams were recelyod that Buckalew would receive a majority in Pennsylvania, but peatedly given for th fi it of its at there were no takers. The Grand Central Hotel was literally be- sciged by men eager to learn the result of the election, Late in the eveulng several Bighth Ward roughs, just returned from Philadelphia, were seen standing in sinall groups talking over their day's exploits. Soveral Western men. offered to bet that Hart- ranft’s majority would be less than 24 Philadelphia, but no takers responded. - At the Liberal Republican Headquarters. As ear o'clock a large multitude began to collect in and about the Liberal Com- mittee rooms at the Glenham Hotel, anxious to hear the returns, At§ o'clock nearly 1,000 p sons were collected on Fifth avenue, in front of the Glenham Hotel It was # o'clock before the returns began arrive,and then they were of such a ¢ dictory nature that ho one like eh Firat came the news from Pi Hartranft had carrled 15,000 to 23,000 majority. ing. nneyivania that Philade!phia Almost Inst by from ntly this was contradicted and the Adro on ma. {ority, was placed at 100 in Bt phia, At Wo'clock Teturns from Obie by to arrive, ‘The first de was that Hamilton county had gone beral. ‘This fell like a wet blanket on the Administration people, and core ingly elated those at the other comunite wns ews from Indiana received at Committee rooms up to TL ¢ agre, but of such a character confidence in the success of the Lib ment, There was much enthusta by the friends of Mr. Greeley o'clock Col, Allen received private despatches froi different parties in Pennsylvania, showing that a stupendous system of fraud had been car- ried on, and that Hartranft would be certainly counted in, butat the same thie assuring the ational Liberal party that Pennsytvania was the Libe- clock wa 8 to Inspire I move im exhi Shortly before 1 sure for Mr. Greeley in November, as then the chance for repeating would be materially At a quarter past 11 the Glenham was thronged with enthusiastic Liberals and Democrats anxiousto hear the latost news, and expressing the fullest confidence in a victory in November. The Hon, Augustus Schell, Banks, and mar were there duri 0. Kilpatrick, Col uished gentlemen At the De early marte rooms at the 8 o'clock the Democratic headquarters, Spingler House, were well filed with visitors, among whom were many prominent politicians. Everybody wa full of Inquiry a radiant with hopes, At that hour nothing definite had been received trom any point, although despatches of varied tena were sent from Philade pe The report that this city had been carried by New York repeat ers for Hartranft by 18,000 Was regarded ter news than could be expected, The fe seemed to be that th overcome by the cou Vhe general 1 » Hcures Would be € Atry precincts uuiry seemed to be cone ring Pennsylvania. The report that Lancaster had f. ne Democratic was a surprise Heretofore it had n Republican, Pottsville gding Demo. cratic was also unexpected. The mining dis- triets of the unties of Wyoming. Luzerne, Sua. ehanna, and Wayne and the Lehich Valle Were not heard froin. The feclit rainst Hartranft in these districts was very bitter it was tnststed by several Pennsylvanian that they were certain to go opainst Hartran because he had, while in the I Voted against Milating measures 7 the protection of the miners, There was niuch cone fdeuce expressed in Obio and Tadiana. Aciiiitaddestarch was received fruin the Hon Samuel J, Randall, as follows Pricapririia, Oct, 8 Hom. Augustus Shell, 8 Philadelphia gives nearly N00 majority for Mart ranft, and the State don't slow any Kala to make Huckilew's clection likely SAMURL J. RANDALL ¥ At o'clock another despate! Mounelny that seve ships gave 630 majority for Ha Philadelphia 13,000, Gov, Randolph and Gen, N Present during most of the evening B.3. Cox stepped in at # and ty-one t Banks were Phe Hon hook hands wiih Major Gallagher, James 8. Thayer, Wahto Hutchins, Richard Schell, Stephen’ P.’ Russell and other prominent gentlemen were there The Republican Headaan At the Fifth Avenue Hotel the Republi can Committee rooms, the rotunda the reading room and barroom wero de! packed with a surging thre At 8 o'clock Hartranft’s Philadelphia majority was variously estimated at from 1,(0) to 30,00, astic Grantite, who had practised hot silence at the bar, taking "drin! the halls, ne One enthus' Hition but between drinks,” made himself conspicuous by proclaim fog that it : exhibiting in proof a priy rerain bearing the figures 13,500, Hy nine o'clock” the news t to tuke a more definite and reliable shape, and although large allowances were made for exaggerations, the convietion that Pennsyl vania was lost to the Liberal cause to ret te in the minds of all present, Of course the Grantites rejoived and took more drinks. Atl oelock all lingering doubts were gone, and culation reverted entirely to the question of majorities. noun © ans Indiana When the bulletins began Republican gains in Ohio and there was some cheering, and symptoms of en- thusiasm were manifest Ainong those present were the venerable Thar low Weed, the Governor of Maine, George Oy dyke, the Rey. Dr, King, Judge Henedict others, ‘The distinguished head of the eld Al- bany Regency awaited with evident ansisty the arrival of despatches from Pennsylvania, He remained for an hour, leaving only when he heard that Hartrauft and Grant wore all right tn Pennsylvania Tho District of Columbin F Re-Elected to ¢ Wastinaton, Oot, 8 > The election in the District of Columbia to-day was attended with but few disturbances, which the police promptly suppressed, Gen, N. 2. Chipman, Republican, and the present delecite to Congress was re elected by 6,000 majority, ‘The Republicans also tected Wout of Lie at delegatys by the Legigla v9 . PRICE TWO CENTS. THE PATENBURG MASSACRE DAMAGING TESTIMONY AGAINST THE PRISONERS, Frespondence of the Sun. FiLeminoton, N.J., Oct. 8.—The witnesses examined to-day have givon testimony of a character that adda frosh tmportanoe to this ox- citing Investigation. The tostinony of Wolver- ton and Starrs ts very damaging to College and Coyle, and despite the rigid cross-examination to which they were subjected, their testimony was not shaken The admission College made to Starrs of being implicated in “ A@nishing a nig- ger," was expressed somewhat ambiguously by the witness, Counsel for the defence took ad- vantage of it and greatly confused tho witness, but“ Boss” Adams skilfully extricated him, CHARLES WOLVERTON'S TESTIMONY. Charies Wolverton, being sworn, testified: Am (0 years old. Live in Py F the ators, on the Toad leading to Little York, of the Junetfon. the night ofthe ‘riot L was’ at home and nothing of at until T got up ne crowd of men in the réad near minutes later a larger crowd cai a froin toward the tunnel and joined them. ‘They were all white men ; ho colored men were to be seen. Rome of them. hi hus and some clubs. Th red to be consult Whether (6 follow’ the Mie. Fos eile Ria "Rake n, 4 ted to borrow one. They then ‘asked for @ pistol. Leatd Thad neither. They said one of thelr men. ad been used very bad by the nigKers up at had been killed by them. They told. met Fun torge dow and have revenge.’ They th the mill, Mr, Coline and Mr. Coyle lived dow! Toliowed them. Richard Sige aud mynet ether. ‘College came slong, passed us, an Went toward theerowds He asked usif'we were going lds" You'd better poy rot being burned." t er Mdentinedy after the Tknow of thre= darkice anize ony of the prisoners un ond pistol, Aftoe the Ie, who wuld: * You of the men at Mr. Rine's woodplle cutting out clubs before they went down. ree Milburn (pris wd returned, who said being ' out daylight that mor ve dunetion of tae Mat Steliroy’s house round hid fret got up. Jolwed by others, and. it waa, nt the men came to my gate, cr from McKlroy't, toward ‘ my hi waa on my heh as fur As Sloe’, They Were yle aud College told me the from their houses to go wit crowd had got out of sight, hJaniguage as this when asking y will bura our property ?" A. — iow. id thine, shave myself, nae, Tt woe at this ieee T atm heres af there te any not with them.” Don't the crowd Ne can # ppened to Fe ¥ canie back. Did not woe Dit not ask Colloge any guestious about bh the crowd when it pase. Dircet reeumed=T do not _reme me to take any note of the tims wh: p we had Versation. (Counsellor Adaus—Tuat's what 1 ¢ ing ou the part of Coyle.) nher that Coyle told con G. W. STARR'S TESTIMONY. G. W. Barra testifed: Llive In Patenburg. Between u Wolclock on Baturday hight F heard @ noise nthe Chureh road, It appeared Uke one. part haalig “auether nan helloged, = fut wind ch hig," and. another sald, "We've killed one went hi ture or four rd vg. They were at Coyie's, Bnd you(hink J would stand by and see three a bya dozen?” ‘They then went im ard them talking while A mau was sittin: on Sine’ woodplle, and they asked nin to go back. He repiled," No, f've had thre or four bard clips on the head, aud that's enough ey then Went lato my fleld, wid from there toward enburg. 1 heard nothing’ wore that night. The next iorbing, while I was milking, two inen exme down the road ead went to Mr. Coyle’s.” Th ‘ere 8008 fy. lowed by a crowd Of ROOLL Bhd NOHGed going cas Some of them stopped at College's door and told him to getap. He did so, and let a numberof them in. 1 pass. ed through the crowd and looked to are (tL knew. any of them.” ‘There were faces Thad sera before, but 1 did hot kuow any of them by name. Twent ine and atood by the Wood-pile a moment, when ope of thruneh giin tn his hand. came upto me and asked if | had a gua. Thad not. Me sald, "te d-—-d atrange ho: Dody has any guns thie morning.” Mr. Coyle then step. Ayling * That geotenish bas no gn, and | know: away. I afterward {earued that ho who asked fur the gan [then went” to Col oMnen Who came down, Orst_wore stand: ¥ had pick handies In their hands. Dae Dav tg on A Fea @ shay, wat by the dod with tte red #t said," I F four ‘but ie steel in bis hand, and he was hurrying Shay up to go with hima MING TO THE FIGHT, The men went away withont Shay and went 20 yarde before he (Shay) canie out, Shay went in the sane di rection, Colleye then ¢ out. T asked bin, * Are you going ?” fe «ald he Lasked bin to femain, He answered, “IT must go; they have threatened to burn our houses down and cut our hearts out if we don't.” He appeared to be. very much: frighten 1 persuaded hin not to go. Me eald would go down and see tie fun, that the danger, he guessc 1 had previously asked a man wh ng on, and he told me the niggers had killed a white nan during Uheheht and they hci gathering Up force to go and surround them, College We me Way the crow Aid When Twas at Cite i haw Coyle pa the'mill, and Thought he went luto Site's house, Dowt remember scene Milburn tiat_morning. OF those. £ Knew who went ip the road wre Jui Hoge bart nie OF (WO WIN hitny Bnd otiers whee. facts were und scvers) others nine back. Larked theta they Whey were ath one, oT then weut ? dowa tore aut inet Marbey™ “hePaddes folowing Moniey f had a. conversati Hweatd that could lear tate told qr upto che tine te iin ta te note Kuome Ldid not waiit to go but f wis forced’ toy Idd hot do anything—d.do't go far.” T asked “How far?” and he repited, To that farm house.” Diaa't know What farm house he meat, aid he did not tell ma, E asked him how much he went further than the shanties Abd he sald," Somewhere down iu Whe flelds." 1 tou Bim Thought he had done very wrong, even If he had not seen any thing of dour anything. asked him if he had sern anybody killed. He made no auswer, He sult that. on their way back there Was one that waa not dead and he heard them say that they had Muished him, It was along the line, in the Heide ONE THOUSAND DO ARS POR RYDRY NEGRO, n whose voices I heard on I beileve, white anon. The Floters Doasted (hat Go Negroes Were arcand. and th Le gtae for every blager Mut could be fou WIKNE Dave told denn tie about the death hegroes that afternoon, but dont reiwember pideenc during the Coroner's nontenn € {the dead negroes. On ny way hone Line Be remember itnow. Told hin then where 1 bad And about the death of the negroes, Q.- Don't Sow remeunbe ails that morning the Stiles saying to hin, * We've hefore,’” and Coyle auawer didn’t bring any of tt to yo Hon of it. ‘Vdon't remember ber ng any ting at thst tine, w They’ ust going to break the Laws,” Direct resumied—When the crowd went off that morns tog Lthink College went atead of Bogue, This convers tion with College in the at Was in anawor to questions which Ehad put to lili to ascertain how far He had gone down. (Witness repcated. the Converse thon) Eotlege had told him that they w first white farm house beyond the shanties, (Carter's house ms Mouse" referr teea, a Coyle coming tn f wd had left frat white fa Cross-examilnation d=[b that conversation uoer hearing any such iat ae this; That aw he was th the crowd. con't eheard thom eay thet there Wasa begro. we who war not dead and that they had Apt-hed A--No, uot them words exacdy, He did wos ie, dO YOU FeUiC KOBERT DOUERTY'S TRSTIMONY, Doherty testified: 1 boarded with Chariie at re of the tot, Barney McFaien ithiere, Went to bed that might about that td dariles were cling to inurder us ad burn Ue shauths, fT uid not Korout, but prepared mye ie back to beds fT maw. the rete a ahenty bu ing about one hundred 'ynrde Tid ‘hots in Mire how got un ate. The sword waa the Hartineese i} re were thirty hoatderein tie hones, bit whe of them went to the & Aipeared to be hem outs Went there to b Reeser Ne hotise, “Barney Mtetwa Don't ku % whi the 9 pent pt until nearly morutus oa ih aaging ome ot the nici Bai Sean 1 ditterent bed et up. ht (hie nen were High ‘Mee near” me. ie i not Is the only inant hot gor There “wwe i who Was there aud brought saw hl w eee any other me aire to breakfast. T nT got up there when Iw never heard any of tha J about the murder ater that questions; didnt think {t auy care aay ting abOuL ICE after Ther the diuingry full at The Thole tn the head ever bis rgut ‘ \ Adjourned : i Mr, Greeley's Mavomens ) The next Presiient passed the day and evening at Chappaqua, Hy leaves for U Muy ereuliage