Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-08-12
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FRIDAY MORNING., AUGUST IL, 1853

TIE CONTEST IL THE Doc FESNEL DIS
rRIcr.-The contest for constable in the Dog
Fenna District between Messrs. ErHERsoN
EMmERIDGE and G. d. J. CATsKiNs is a very
close and exciting one. CATsKINs, the lmpo-
position candidate, is the present incumo-
rance Of the Office; but we think there Is no
doubt that he will be beaten by CAMBRIDGE.
Since writing the above dispatch has
been received here announcing the election
of EMMERIDGE by 46 votes.
Jnte,--A dispatch from CUBS says:
aCArsK1Ns is elected by small majority"
sill Latq.-WISKs telegraphs us: 'EMMER-
,ncE is ahead, and twenty voters to hear
from. You may rely upon this.D OF course
we rely uponit.
T1e Latest-The proprietor of a watermel-
Ion wagon just in from Dog Fennel reports
.CArsK1Ns elected by either ten votes or ten
hundred votes, he can't say which.
A LILLE Laer.-A note written on the way
hill by the post master at Dog Fennel says
the imposition concede the election OF En-
nERIDGE by majority of from IL to ~!
Later stU.-We learn from reliable
source that Col. SHOCKS informs Mr.. Jas.
links that VIM WAGG told him that neigh
bor of his declared on the street that Capt.
Pop had been heard by somebody to say That
his Cousins son was present when the captain
of a raft told one of his hands that gentle
man of this city had received dispatch sew
,eral DAYS ago confirming the report OF CAT
sr,Ss, election by votes. We do not regard
this az reliable, though the Imposition do,
.as they re,lie upon every thing.
.Later.-The Imposition have received a
,a;spatch which says: s'STIGGrNs and SPRIG-
...rxs inst yoted-a clear gain OF for CAT
SKINS! o! my everlasting CATSKINs!"
SILL Laer.-E mnleridge Eiected!-BRADsHAw
te,egrapbs us: IF Naggs, Baggs and Gaggs
vote for .EMyERIDGE, which they will do, he
will carry the district by a majority OF lo!
Hurrah for EMMERIDGE!
sssome Of the boys have crossed the creek,
And some are crossing no"l
71, Latea-CatsIins probably elected.--A sec
.oad dispatch from BRADSHAW says :" The I'm
rposition claim the election of CATsKINs by 4
votes. They have just bought all the can
dies and powder in Squire Tapes store, have
hired carryall and six horses, ana nave
rpaiuted an immense banner with HORACE
GREELEY on one side helping an Opposition
statesman to steal one of his grandmother
niggers. and on the other side ETHERsoN EN-
DsERrpGE in the act of robbing the hen-roost
of the district poor-house. They are gong
to have grand jollfication over EMMEh-
IDGE's defeat"
Sill Later.--A third dispatch says rive
yCArsKlNs men too drunk to vote more 'nah
twice apiece-a gain of from to Oh Tor EN-
ugRIpGEl He is elected beyond all doubt
The Imposition have just sent down to squire
Tapes store to know if he'll take his candles
back. as they don't need 'cm.H
Reported Election OF Cdtskns.-The Dog Fen
mel DiytyLauach has just been received. 1t re-
morris CATsKINs elected. We take the follow
ing cbaste aud sweet-scented article from Its
columns. 1t is rumored that on reading 1t.
poor EMMERIDGE Immediately swallowed
half peck of strychnine dissolved In three
gallons of aqua FORTS, and in few hours al
,+erwards blew out his brains with blundeT-
buss. aud then jumped into cistern nine
hundred feet deep. The unfortunate man
.could not bear the ill opinion of the editor of
the DutyLaanch:
From the Daily Drtylaunch