New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-12-05
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aou, the poll. at this place Witness fey on said
Sworn TO and subscribed The 18th Of November. lsii
O. 7. JACKSON, Judge.
Statement off B Wilkinson, N. D.
PARISH or PLAeUEMiTEs, Nor; Y; ISL
of election as noe By The syerscnent fe sheriff The
hour specified for opening the polls wa ten O'clock Upon my
nearly with t the cy c e i 6aa3 the baSboy opened and
the Voting gong "a IN anaiea manner gp densnaE oil
was one The ses of the election and senior Justice of The
peace why the polls opened much earlier than the tne
ndeatsd bT ne te 1f as Subsequently asked the SINE
question Of The Sheriff who replied thai The citizens or people
to crafty them compared my watch with hose OF four or
five gentlemen the election and found That
varied iDg degree with theirs Seeing that most OF Inc
individuals present were strangers. principal ls
men, demanded that o the latter who about to vote
should be sworn as to us qualifications THIS was
about To be done and as the clerk of the election (M Oscar
Annyd) IN the act OF presenting the Bible the sheriff
the ms hands and he would not permit the
oath be administered and thai 0ihem should be sworn
To Vote ind was answered by Constable Serr that they u
had Them their pockets The judges the election did not
however. IN the demand To have them exhibited
The the preceding can sustain by OATH
and believe by the evidence OF several ndyna present. OF
the Democratic party. J. H. WILLIAMSON, NJ. d.
Statementof AJcca Vail.
Alfred VAIL being sworn says he is minor, and was q
yelrs old the 10Th of September! ISL and lie vent an the
eren election precincts md he went carpenter of said
seambost; Judge ieonrr went said trip sad stcaInbont
said and she stopped and took board
s servants who took chnfrc of The liquor. Capt Goodrich
ards house and asked him tor whom he would vote If allowed
vote Witness stated oT Polk and Dallas Then Captain
ticket Witness informed HIM that he Minors TO which
Capt Goodrich said, Never mind, you car vote here. W.T.
opeae the ticket and pissed Ito the ballot box At two other
precincts witness requested to vote by Capt GOodnch
and mnde and avoided going to the polls nj Point
Ia lnche Cnpt Gooirich persuaded witness 10 again
The Polk and Dallas trke; witness IN the
linda pnf
men had vsted the Wing ticket; Capt Goodrich seemed
equally surpred md n NIL as laI Us wines saw Judge
rich Witness further states that said seanboat did not stop
at any su-a. plantation. ALtRED VAIL.
Sworn and subscribed before nc this 18Th November
q. z. JACKSON, judge
Statement of E. Seymour dustin.
Personally appeared Z. Seymour Austin. and benz duly
me-: wne: went On said steamboat from New.Urieans
Baze he Sd ss;ant; the boat started from New0r.
Judge Leonard went SAID steamboat the ene TIP and
controlled the movements and stopping OF sad steamboat a,
different pnces or passengers ana that through and by HIM
cuor furnished board said boa. giatulousy; inuny
men on board got noxcate Judge Leonard brought out the
bukeeper mad when the steamboat arrived at his house y
PaQuemne she stOpped and took on board Judge Leonard
servants. who controlled snd Qun, ana one pss o, sum It,
from The election precnc Witness knows that said steam
Ieonars drectonNnany Of these were fishermen and voted
presence of Judge Leunard wiv "a some instances received
who palIed the same Witness severn vote nice and
one or two three times and all under Judge Leonar
Of ali taken steamboat went from place 10 place where
voting was going The three days Of electoa Monday.
Tuesay and Wednesday, the 18th, 5;h und 9TH intantS Cap
tam oodrch under the direction OF Judge Leonard; he
received tickets from him. and then went TO the passengers and
other on said steamboat and induced them 10 vote the Polk
aud Dallas ticket were minors but few had tax receipts,
were eated TO vote as wines BELIEVES Judge Leona!
IN getting the To the polls ans those too more than
Ss s snd ePas The to Of s
the first Precinct below Judge Leonart house. on the
right bnnk of the Mississippi, which handed to the
Tho 0nIl W
floor and folded mp Polk and Dallas ticket and handed
the e% psce Of the WIZ TIC offered BY said CARLISLE Witness,
believes the whole number OF persons, including fishermen
and taken at different points By SAID Steamboat
does not exceed hundred and fifty these seemed to
be down about the marshes Temporarily ,,,-r,,
Sworn to and subscribed. Nov. Il, Is4l.
.. P. JACKSON. Judge.
Andrew Carlisle personally appeared before the undersgn-
boat Agnes and went the TIP above described By Austin and
corrobOates the above in all the particulars except the tear
:ss u, s 's ,r...s., yare S9fE A. CARLISLE
.. P. JACKSON, Judge.
Statement Of Paul Cormeu.
On the day Of the esr,on, went accodn. n my usual
custom to deposit my citizen and e,deni having
Carbs s OF Of s.' Gn nsc was stopped BY one omy
friends nT Wilkinson vino advised me n- to enter q,fsa
much difficulty rs all the Wings were badly reseivea
nevertheless approached the table winch the box OF the
Secretary bat The crowd OF strangers exceedingly dense
that was impossible for me 10 reach H. Seeing that could
do nothing thought safest quit the roOm and went out
on the read the crowds were huahng tor Polk and
Dallas On nil aides and Growing like COCKS, and having
one of my friends Dr. Wedertrand merace. decided TO
leave At tbs moment one OF my neghbors. MI Brl-
land told that he To vote endeavored TO per-
suade him 10 dst telling him that ne great risk Of being
isued He however persisted and four hive MINUTES
M Brland cane out OF without his hat. and wound
Ell, his shirt covered with bcod He mounted his horse and
TINT Inc Sheriff Charcs Dutle had struck him with stick;
and had ncedn severe wound on the head and he showed
severe b!se on the night shoulder Thea ard all my
friends who WISHED tov0te were Obliged TO lave and 70 10 our
homes fearing that we remained we should DO asssnnted
To al The apy' can, when called upon swear before any
Court IN the STATE that 1t the trutn the whole truth and
nothing but the tnth PAUL CORMEN.
was present ats ELECTION lee with Mr. Paul Co,mep asd am
wBIs sa S r. liz G lGGSf Sc. MS Gh
Stctement Of Hilbert Saraye.
Albert Savage. EnEineeI of the Steamboat Planter. left
Tuesday night, 9Th oil November, abnr, half
bound TO the polls Parish piaGuemnes. Thee li0
persons bat; they party of Democrats Loco
ioco aDdedab0ui two miles above The polls on Tire oppo
side OF the riye at O'Clock \. ". and the next morning
nj O'Clock crossed over 10 the polls They put
board Icy samuel Locke he weat down TO the boat with
them, brought ther on board and remained there TIL lie
Them OIL pdnot know man on board except some desk
hands ostenubOats, who picked up the whnri
speak English They spread table the cain ind
filing up receipts 10 be voted The Captain,
what ihey dong ashore. They then directly from
the hua the polls. and offered -r votes handed
OUT. saying that they wanted nothing but the tickets. The
polls opened about nine O'clock the tickets taken
question beng asked After about 30 had been
manner witr folded up his vote and offered
Before witness hrs he asked the Sheriff whether
ne bad the night 10 vote. Certainly said the Sheriff
doubleday can yee When witness handel his ticket
the Judge of the Election, re unoided and looked al
Clay ticket The Judge then said, I'll swear
SIR Witness aid. why didD; yor swear the Others
The Judge answered, because didn't want TO-" Not
one tcke but olsn tcke; received every folded
ticket opened. he witness knows the names of
any OF the Jedsss OF he E-cton cannot specify who
II that opened trn bur II was one of the Judges
Nearly all those that vent down the boat voted. One
q ne
had given HIN ticket he supposed he bound put Il
IN. None OF those on board ped their passage Witness
knows not who paid .0 tbs boat All On the boat were
furnished with ;htir meas; paid .or them. The
Planter retCrrec TO town Wednesday evening the s;h
with the pefsons that w.re taken down.
ALBERT SAVAGE
Swore to and Subscribed the I'd Noveube1 ls4i
o. P JACKSON, Judge
The Bee says that ,orne Of the arichest'' atfida-
Wis are We, TO BE- pubIi,ned.
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