Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-12-02
SCENE AT THE ELECTION POLLS.

The New York Courier relates the following
scene as having occurred at one of the polls in the
upper part Of the city of New York at an early
hour in the morning of election day
The voters had not yet fairly commenced to cast
their ballots. In their pine-board citadels, cover
ed with emblazonings Of the names Of the great
chiefs OF the political armies, the the electipneerers
stood silently holding large packages of their paper
ballots, which they watched for an opportunity to
discharge straight to the heart and affections of all
free and independent voters who might chance to
become lost in the maze Of filming posters embrn-
cling every post and pillar around, and s~and-bag
frightened flags falling from all the skies above.
Within the room where the poll was held there
was a like inaciiJn. The inspectors stood solemn
and erect behind their ballot boxes, the clerks APP
peared to have Il smecure, the police officers leaned
leisurcly on their slaves, and several seedy individ-
uals with highly-colorel compilations lokcd listlcss-
ly on. The whole business of voting was monopu-
lized by a few substantial-looking citizens who
came in slowly one after the other, deposited their
votes as if they knew what they were about, and
then passed out with a quiet remark or two as to
how the election was going. And thus it cOntin-
ued for some time no hustle 10 crowd no ex-
element no challenging nothing to laugh at,
and nothing to get politically angry about. But
mt length Ito dead calm was broken and something
like the breeze Of an election began to spring up.
Il votes" said an individual with Il sort of Kos
suth hat and an immense goat Of sandy-colurcd
hair on his chin, presenting himself before the
ballotboxos and depositing ON the centre one, five
tickets.
II votes" he repeated, as the inspector bent up
on him a look Of doubt. "Yaw, | votes"
And as for tn third time he made the announce
ment he gave his chin an emphatic projection to-
wards the Inspector, which brought both the bal
lot-box and his vote directly under the shadow of
the wilderness Of hair which ornamented his
chin.
"Rut v,y fr;o,l - coil A. ;... ~
up the tickets from the top of the box, "these tick
cts are all the same, all State tickets you cannot
vot five times for the same man."
"Iaw knows nothing about it. l votes-I
votes for Mr.. GOrcraeur p"
"But there's no Mr.. GoeerReur. You mean you
want to vote for Governor"
The political friend of Mr.. Gocerneur here look.
ed puzzled IL moment, gave his goat a slight up and
down movement, strOkel it as if in doubt, looked
inquiringly around, then back at the inspector, and
again made known his intentions.
II votes-I votes for Mr.. G0rerneur !"
Here one Of the seedy individuals with the high
ly-colored complexion made a side movement to
the friend of MIR. G0reyneW and suggested in al
undertOne that he probably wished to vote for Sey
mour.
II votes-I votes for Mr.. GorerReuy," was again
the announcement OF the voter with the goat, and
it being the only answer that could be obtained
from him, the INSPECTOR went into IL cross eXamin.
alton concerning the residence and other qualifca,
tons of the candidate for the privileges of suffrage.
The examinati0nfended in the escort of the
friend Of Mr.. G0cerReur to one of the pine-board
citadels on the sidewalk in search Of a correct set
of tickets. Armed with these, the friend of Mr..
GtUerRe'T returned, and the voice of the inspec-
tor calling to the clerk whole ticket" as the sew
eral slips were dropped into the box, conveyed the
information to the bystanders that II votea had
voted.
1t was observed that when the slips were drop
ped into the box and when "whole ticket" was an
nounced to the clerk that the man with highly-col-
orcd complexion smiled serenely. That smile had
not vanished from his countenance when the man
with the goat plunged down into a cellar over the
portal Of which was inscribed "Lagr Bea."