The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-04-25
MORE FRAUDS!

Important Discovery in The T,rtJh Yard.
As the Judges Of the Twelfth Ward
were proceeding with their count, this
morning, they discovered batch OF tick
cts in The ballot box, having the appear
ance OF having been placed In without
going through the hole of tie lid, and
that they must have been put in in bunch
when the lid was opened.
They proceeded 10 an investigation,
and il was found ,ha, the number OF tickets
| III the fallot-box exceeded Tie number O.
names on the pol-books to the number of
| f1y- fire The Judges immediately took
Ilhe subject into consideration, but what
determination, they came TO We have not
learned, The discovery OF the fraud be-
lnc reported loNu-toan, caused the great"
est eAcItsment.
! Fiery hour seems TO sios tic iniquitIes
Epraciiccd by the opposition. They resort
ed to every species Of fraud, 10 carry the
election, and II defeat the wishes OF
majority of the legal voters ol the city.
LATER.
Two o'clock, T. VI. One ol the cur
reporters has just returned from tie
Twelfth Ward polls, and brings the news
; that While the Judges were counting tie
: votes, body Of men entered the room
5 and took the t4x containing the tickets
: forcibly from them. and Lurut both tickets
Y and tally y-shcst Ii the open street,
EGREAr rxc1rtaEar AND NONE BLOOD
SHED
+. BarricuIes Erected orfr Ae Rhine Ter
! mans Erestsd by Dem"gogtes
Wednesday, April 4.
i, Taere was great excitement ali through
the city yesterday afternoon. Over the
> canal the Germans VINO had ottained
. possession Of cannon taken from them
the day before, were told tEst the Amer
4 cans were coming up to rrtake il. They
gathered In immense crowds, ard re-
lged 10 protect tue cannon. Rumors
bad spread DOWNTOWN, that ihe Germans
had armed themselves, and were coming
: down to destroy the building Of the Tin -
office. Tie Germans gathered on Vine
near Freeman ) Hall, aud a small crowd
> Of Americans Oh the Vine street canal
70 bridge.
Cen Moore was among the Gernans,
: and did aiI l. could to aIIay TIE excite
e ment. Sheriff Rraseals, Cen. Sargent
IA and 0lhoTs, were among tie Americans,
- nrgiug them 10 disperse e.
j These geutIemeat with Col. Moore
y had almost persudea both parties 70 dis
!. perse When Dr. Fries drove up among
= the Germans, and rising il Bis buggy
- advised them 10 arm tEenselie es and II
taey could not get anybody 10 lead them
: lie would do it. Tins raised the excite.
+, meat higher than eyer The Germans
i commenced arninr themselves, ard them
croal augmented. The crowd al iint
: street which IT no tllue exceeded tvt
ri. hundred persons, refused 70 disperse
~ anul they STAINED possession Of the can
3, non. The >AenH through an order iron
~ Gen. Sergeant, clainled the cannon =
- The Getuans gave il Up to hnl, but Lt
could get 10 one to help him take i
j, away.
10 Waters remained ia this condition unit
u after dark p,3ninent sac NlcAts wen
T.. over the canal and did aii they could /,
ne Increase the exrtefnent there A large
nh neetlng Of Americans was held ate
dark, al Fifth street market house. Th,
re general disposition there was to res'ort
1d peace, and ty 10 . clock the crowd qaietlr
ia dispersed, after coming 10 understand
i ING 10 rally At given signal, il il wa
i. / necessary.
re About this hour, crowd Of three 0
re four hundred persop~. who had bee
X. marching around the streets crossed I
o. the upper side of lie cana with the inteT
ton, AS was sad. III obaaining the cannon
Of They marched up Vine street, and whe
tie near .he Ereeua., Hall. Trey were afr
Is. into tg0m the a"~.fs Oh 10th sides Of II
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