Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-08-05
EIection Inciaents in LouisviIle.


From the Louisville Courier.
/ We have mentioned in another place the night at
! the Sixth Ward polls, and The beating Of men from
] the polls. After the fight, some scoundrel shot at
r Il. Rousseau.
Atl2 o'clock It was manifest that with no more
rioting and fighting thar w8s had before noon, the
/ De mocrals would carry the city-indeed, they had
csrried Il Hundreds Of laWless men and boys raj
! lied from The Eighth and Seventh Wards-m2inly
! from the Eghth-aud went up to the First Ward to
/ take the polls, and prevent all from voting, save
! those who would vote the Know Nothing ticket.
Some we're seen with slung-shots, and pistols and
! knives we're in almost every Know Nothing hand.
! Attacks on individuals, aud threats against all
! Democrats, we're part Of the doings Of he mob.
~ 6. Reason vas set upon, and but for the inter-
vention Of friends, would have been killed. He was
! beaten The notorious Genet tried TO shoot Alex
ander Gilmore, the Demoera ie candidate for Mar
shall and but for Gilmore's ccOlness and strength,
/ would have killed him. John w. Tompkins, Clerk
of the Board Of Aldermen, got an old man down,
and was beating him. a citizen went up to Temp
! kins and besought him not to beat au old man;
! whereupon TOmpkins drew pistol on him. Temp
kins is known as one Of two men indicted and tried
for killing young Irishman, the only child of a
! poor widow, and her only support, in the First
! Ward on Bloody Monday. man named Fisher,
cooper was shot Wm. Jacob was badly beaten.
! By o'clock all voting had stopped on the Demo-
cratic side at the two precincts IN the First Ward,
and to speak within the most moderate bounds, two
hundred Democratic voters, who would have gone to
the polls, were driven off and prevented from Vot
1 ing The Mayor was present Some Of the police
were aiding the mob but the chief of police, as we
are told, did what he could to suppress the dis
! order
These doings Influenced the Democratic vote in
| The Second Third Fourth, Fiji and Sixth Wards,
largely. No one pretends that the Democratic vote
! woul not have been increased in the evening by
over $50 votes in those Wards, had there been no
mob
The mob took the Seventh and Eighth Wards at
o'clock, where the Democratic vote would have
swelled more than 200 votes Some drunken rufN
fans were dischqrging pistols in front Of the Gait
House at uncffending people in the street
We heard of an lrishmsn being stabbed, pToba-
bly, MORALLY, on Fourteenth street
The inmates of the poor house and the work
house we're taken out by city officials to vote the
clique ticket.
The Citizen Guards were ordered to hold them
selves in readiness and did until late hour IN
the evening" but no call was made for their services
Their presence would have quelled the mob and re-
stored peace
Though the Democrats have failed to carry the
city all will concede that such victory is the dying
throe Of our adverssries The city is now, and
from this time forth will be, Democratic and re-
deemed.
FlGHr IN THE SIXTH WARD.-A fatal rencouuter
occurred at the Sixth Ward polls yesterday. Upon
several occasions during the morning, before the
occurrence we speak of, Irishmen had been driven
from the polls and thrown down the court house
steps, height Of fifteen feet One Of these was
chased through the court house yard, at the east
end BY a notorious character What brought on
the collision, the throwing Of an lrishman down
the steps at the east end Of the court house, who
had mOlested no one, and had not spoken word.
The man was prevailed upon to return TO the yard,
the friends Of Law and order insisting that the
public grounds were free TO ALL and that none had
a right to drive any one away Strong denuncatOns
] we're expressed against any one who would do co.
/ and a discrimination that no more such outrsges
| should be perpetrate1 After ABOUT fifteen minutes
! DR. E D StaBdeford came, backed by those who
we're driving of men, and an alteration was begun
between Dr. Standeford and Capt LOvel II. Rousseau
Saudt ford fred the first shot Rousseau rushed on
bis adversary, who sheltered by tree, and fired
! ss he Tusued. Slandeford started, as if staggered
in the opposite direction, but whether by push of
Rousseaus hand OF net, we cannot definitely learn
! As he went, Rousseau fired again. and Stsndeford
after going twenty or thirty feet, fell. Rousseau
was seized by a friend, whom others joined, and
taken away.
! Nothing could exceed the magnauimous bravery
/ of Capt Lovel II Rousseau. He had been seeking
throughout the day to keep the peace, and all his
J efforts and wishes we're directed to that end. His
brother was threatened for merely going up to vote
at the Sixth Ward polls All lovers Of peace, and of
law and order regret such occurrences so much like
the famous bullying beating and fighting Of Bloody
! MONDAY. Many OF the saue oULi'So "Ho su'eu al
/ the Sixth Ward polls then, we're the actors in the
/ scenes Of yesterday
! We understand that Capt Rousseau, though bad
! IT, is not supposed to be mOrtslly wounded. He
and his family and relatives have the deepest sym
| patty from every good citizen.
The police did nothing whatever to keep the peace
! OF prevent Outrages.
! HURRAH FOR PORTLAND Under the lead Of that
gallant old line Wing Jim Porter, the Democracy of
Portland covered itself with Immortal honor yester,
day. Portland, heretofore against us has, wheeled
iato the Democratic line. Hurrab for Portland, and
! hurrah for Jim Porter, the great Kenluckian.