Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-25
No. S2.-VOLUME XXNEI

George u. Evans, the sheriff conducting ,rcton call
the door and ether places through the house. whilst .r
eight deep called lr, Oh The
crowd and attended the door voted for Evans. popoErl
George d. Evans that he did know how could
The manner in which the Sheriff attempts to acoonn,
for The mistake in the Mddlrtown poll not saslac.
tory:
Peter y Layton tia, present twelfth dry
after The election l.. H. Dorsey store, while said or>,,
George D. Evans w" Of til" lcg.hs and Ca'h Tazy
de"wn books When They had finished counting liz poli 40
P"arrd thai Evans ahead III" s"rifs IL,
mistake IN the M'ddown polls Wa made by giving Tant NJ
lorgcsts vote at that place which only 5!Ora appyad -
the books lan1r! was declared r. have - that 5, hS
the Srs and public prints tcaonrr understood iron. .I
that Innzy had brt tlrytwo vote' Middetown poll,
The time OF the rccounthe also beard m Conway, Ggr
thai took The MdLuwn votes thar the mistake was made 4
sivng fancy Rosgest's vol, a; that place.
THIS account IS not satisfactory. Borccss vote was
only % or 30, whereas the report coming from Conway
and others was that 'ranzey had received GO Mr. B.
said al knew the rule, when person was charged
with improper conduct, and attempted accuit himself
by giving invalid 1t will he recollcctcd
that this was the poll which it charged was clip,
Mr. also referred to and commented upcn hlr
Chyt.us testimony:
"no Clayton states that Monday aer The on he asked
himself the dcponc,, and Tanz ,Ieciei-ta, Iansey
fourteen ahead Of Evans: George wa, one o tie
sherrs experimenting the election Moganown He further
state" that iaEzc: asked him about getting
fr a' S MSn M npSsn !%5 m would mai no
would answer In answer 10 question Nv r lyans dcponcr
that the foregoing place before Tie mis-
take the MidGlct"wn p3i, said . tJand out"
Gentlemen had sad good deal about the proprir,y
of the Shcr II 5 conduct throughout. He sad tha,
conduct certainly not above suspicion He you'd
not say That the Sheriff had acted crminally; but he
certainly had acted ndccacly, to say The least. ne
referred In Hollands testimony, and that of ,crs
Jacob Holland at he MurranuyyH a io5
late IN the ns. hc and heard George D. Evans. Sheriff
call on on Grorg" ksrr, yonn. man living Ma!
his father, ocur and v<; kiaer standing tn
door, shook his head though In would Iya,
called - igi and vote, anNIuu. thai
steps Forward and voted In James Evans, think
uy yl,Il.r a
been persuaded l the H. Evans. 200
nrnt further hc Swanp poll, june
they were torn apart, on" Leaf nearly IN two
MIR Is. commenced at length upon the improperly, i'll
like tins, OF this House forcing Evans upon the
county of Monongalia, when 1t known that there
was majority IN that county against his politics Of
3G0-Tha was Independently. He would not AID
IN such an attempt 10 effect party puposc-and snch
par,y purpose
Mr.. Is. concluded BY thanking The House for the
marked attention they had gwen him ny full House,
notwithstanding the debate had been prorucici--
Bot would be recollccted that he had taken IN
his reply, than cnC-ird of the tame occupied by
the gentleman from Fauqu.er (Nlr Scott in his argu.
mcni OF Yesterday