M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-30

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The most mnpspous iaclJepis rre beirI
daily deSeIppedof the coljpct Of th
Kgow Nothi0gs Of Lo6isville. TIE,
are enough to sicken he hesrt ottyefl
Hover Of his country Their ioflmy 4
anpamlleledi In the history efhamat
wichedness snd Il will setfof sges Iikl
al inca bus upon the fair fame and pros
pefity Of that city. lis rum hsSrom
menced and II these scenes OF outrage
and violence are to pervade our laud
we may date from this CRISIS IN our az
fairs The commeacenent Of the down
wsd course oIoNr glorioosl county =
itisahe en- l0lsAaHioa oeaIll ne al isl
satisfied ana disordeIed iscdons ssiasI
the country aud The DrmecTaey thal
haze 50 long aud successfully withslooi
tkeir assadtsi
Correspondent Of the n, X. Evening Post
MOl Facts aboTsI ihe Louisville
liOt
LoUIsyLLE, Aug. l2
Still more Of the uots. had thought
and hoped was done with .hem. But
things leak out slowly, aud the smoke
OF battle mlst clear away before yoa
can see distinctly. What have now
to say must correct portions Of my last
leuet, dated the l2th.
Some years siucs. the Kentucky Leg
islasure passed law that Que Judges OF
election from each OF the great parties. "a
special deputy OF the Sner.ff, and o clets
should preside at each poll. The Judges
were appointed by the Circut Judge -
When the statutes were revised, the
clause providing that the judges should
be taken from either party, was omitted
.by oversight or ihention. There are six.
teen polls ia Louisville aud couuty,and
four Offices to each would make sixty
four in all. OF the thirty.two appoin
ted By Judge Garland ioi the city, twen.
ty eight were Know Nothing. Some
of the leaders OF the democratic part,
had given him a list TO select from, Tor
their side, or il he should prefer Others
ne might do so, but they asked an equa
and fair epresen;ation, aud the Juig,
promised to give the matter his atte n.
lion, which he did,as state ,byapoin.
ing touf democrats TO twenty eight "Na
tive" ~.
The Kentucky state slections.are con
dncted UiVa rOcs, The practice hereto
fore has been loi the voter TO hand in
his ticket openly and the judges Won,
copy from 1t, not requiring The iickc
to be read aloud. with the inten. t,
deprive The foregn population to theii
votes ,tirey decided at ihtv election tlisl
every man should read his ticket. adl
that the polls should be marked (rom
the voice. This disirauChised all who
could not read, or who were unaccus
toned to the language, excepting orly
so far as their memory might serve
them.
Votes were rejected, because citizen
though well known. did not bring their
naturalization papers to the polls
Joseph birbaro1x who had been voter
lorIy three years, was required by the
Judges to produce his papers, The in
dignant Old man threw his ticket com
temp'uously in their faces, and turned
away lie was too highly respected for
any man TO dare strike him. 'lH
The poll for the 5tt ward, in which
there are about seven hundred voters.
is at the Court House. 1t was sur.
rounded by. Know Nothing bullies with
weapons, Before six O'Clock in the morn
ing, At eight, up to which time was
no hShting here but much noisy thret-
enIng aud profanity; two lrishmen were
seen qniety going 20 the polI. The CRY
OF move him." was raised, aud ihey
were pursued BY the mob. They fed into
the Court house aud jumped out Of a
nigh window at The west, and so escap.
ed. Other lrishmen attempted to vote !.
and were beaten back. betrly escaping
with their lives. The state of things
continued for three hours Al noon, an
lnoHenSiye German wss beset aud so
beaten. that physician who examined
aim declared he could not live five min.
utes All these things occurred several
houro before the murdeIous attack on
Quinn's houses. G..