Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-11-03
;.,s,. W. took our seats az directed, and Ell

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der Co.on or lhaycr--l cant say "n'eh-cn!" !,
- ,d raw MS oar tickets. Snon Afterwards y
.o, IN, time We were all directed 10 tahe gu,
seats on one side Of the table, "hether ali ,co'ne
tickets | can't say: but We got our zen. -'"'','"s
mor, wo, said or done until morning In the morning
s an cont otr from the boa went up West stfee'
=, Snr,n, and from thence 10 pubic house ~ Spring
s,rca, Lent liz man named Mott, think, where We
washed and took something To drink .ulSoh PAYING ''
cypcnses From Spring street, we went up 20 D'"'o
wav. m Broadway to Lafayette Hall Alter we arfV'
~ ib- Hall preparation made tor breakfast ana We
.ot h,t # there We taken 10 the upper par
or tho house to a room fronting on Broadway; there
.re two tables set the whole length Of the room; there
were from leo to $50 took breakfast there Alter break
fast We went down To the bar-rooin lew "i us were
oL. nto The hail. where tickets were gwen us. Tn,
tickets had been printed for the ioc"loco party, WIN
Tho names of their candidates erased and the nance
If the WING candidates nserlcd.-1he tIrst ward We
were directed go 10 was the Eighth ward, 10 the ives
of LAFAYETTE Ilall-here several Of them offered Il
vote some were challenged and some were not. IL
order that they should be challenged by the Wing
choll,nners they had pin on the cuff Of their let
sleeves and the was 10 he held up. IheJ
said The ocn ,cos wnnld challenge them hecaus,
The endorsement the tickets was that o The loc'
G,co tickets We left then and went 10 next ward 81
The same SIDE of Broadway toward the Battcry-thnks
, wos The Seventh ward-at tins ward several of then
fried to yote-how many voted ! cant say-somr Of
them did Neeker attempted TO vote, but was chal!en
oed Then he swore he would vote at The next ward
he went to- if he had 10 swear his vote mt he did he
might ret himself int, scrape. He SAID 1t didn make
any difference about tllat--1 might 20 TO hell The
resi- Of the company lett US, and lie aud alone
In the sixth ward met Cnlson, who offered Us
both tickets 10 20 then and vote. Mrtker took his
tickets ] told him that | could not offer any vote
in that ward for | known to great many
in the ward who knew had no vote there. Me,ker
goes up 10 the poll, offered his rotr, and was chal.
La otp tbp
rest of the day. While ! was walking round the
city 20, into a ward on the east SIDE of the town,
came 10 The poll, found Erastms Taylor there, VIII"
told me that he had voted in that wlrd After that
some five ar six of company got together, gol
INTO an omnibus, and went up 10 s"ie ward WHICH ]
do not know as did not % with them. staid round
The Lafayette Hall I'LL nearly night, perhaps between
and o'clock, when several 81 them had come IN =
Culson came in and gave each man 81, and sad 10
them, awe want you shaud BE- here al ) o'clock
IN the morning, and ret all the votes in yen can 70.
morrow, and Won will get FIVE dollars piece for
each one We all left on that-some went one way
and some another Next morning did not gel
hack by c.ht O'Clock, but some q them did
Where We frs; went don't recollect The first ! re-
collect Of seeing Colson after morning was IN the Isl
ward where was 4 voter and intended TO vote, having
lived there eight months Coson told me- was want
I'd al The 9th ward went there, the poll was at Ma
sonic Hall. We went up to back room, committee
room-ihere We found several Of our company, and
gentlemen whom dil mol KNOW, bul tiinu8nl iney Ne
fonped M this city. thought they were committee
men rs they gave several men 10 take 10 the
pal! and vote. Their signal there was gwen nj the
stand II was to be gwen when the Inspector asked
them their MINES, where they to say 'my
81. and So instead Of merely giving their names That
was 10 b. the signal for the Wing cha!lengers Sevc
raj of them went nut OF the committee room, met Col
SON. one Of the committee and two others After
ihcy had been gone FIVE or ten minutes, gentle
man of the city whose name did mol know, or hear al
that titne-I should know him from among thousand,
a large stout with red face. lie took roll of
money from his pocket counted out a sum of money
in y, and so bills, and handed ii Colson. Colsoa
got up soon after thus and left the That was be-
tween aud 3 . clock Previous 10 Colson 5 going out
he left word with MIR. Nadron for those who wished
l., 70 home that night 10 meet him ut the steamboat
victory. He met ti.rrc-gave each man, about
twenty -, and stated that hc would aga.n IN
Albany | have seen Colson several times since. and
he has asked H. say noilnng about tie New York
scrape The first instructions had about voting y, IL
riyra NJ Lafayette, Hall, where to'sen gave drcc.
tons where to 60 and vote The tickets sc received al
laip,r,lc Hall were those winch lie from AL
tany voted | heard some Of the men Dragging
while IN lie committee room Of voting live, STA.
and seven timc;--somc more. | saw named
Bowen aud others, vote. When received our tickets
al Lafayette Hail, each received slip OF paper stat
inr the place OF residence were to misunderstood
and nuinbrr--und 10 fictitious names each Of
rs The ictitlouS names written on the paper
Some q. The company changed their dresses during the
day-Bow.n changed ms hat and coat at Lata yeitc
Hall Al the time the Wing delegates from New York
were at Albany on Their way !" Syracuse, think saw
Albany. the person who gave Colson The money in
the committee al Masonic Hall. lie not adj
dressed by name in the room
The court here adjourned for the day.