New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-18
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
ROARn or COUNTY CIV hSsERS.

The Board of County Canvsssers met again yester-
day morning, at 10 O'clock Mr.. BruSE in the chair,
and proceeded with the of the election returns
Throughout the day, six Wards canvaseed being
the Xth XIth, XVIII, XVIII, XVllth, and NvIllth.
Tie manner in which a large number OF the returns
are made out by the Poll CanvaSseTs, leads to the
inference that in numerous cases the votes which ought
10 come under the head of scattering have been
kindly added 10 the vote of the Democratic candidates.
for instance tie total vote for Secretary OF State in the
Iyth District OF the Xth Ward is set down in the
turns at 30. In eLtng, there are Tor Jones 70 ana
fer Ieayeuworth %. The mistake appearing TO have
been found out before the returns bad been sealed mp
it was corrected by simply adding sufficient number
of votes TO Joness 20 to make II into , as II ap-
pears in Fghfcs.
mocracy had not voted for Secretary Of State at ALL
the vote was set down to David X. Floyd.
Mr. KENSEDY said that the vote in that " Gibraltar
of the United States Democracy" instead of having
been given to Mr. Jones had according the returns
been given 20 Mr. Joness grandfather amer whom he
had been named. He said that he hoped the law
would be changed as 10 direct the appointment of
poll canyassers of sufficient intelligence TO ronder the
returns legble and correct. He sure that those
who had the appointment of these officers had learned
a lesson from which he had reason to expect they
would profit in the future.
In reference to the Seventh District of the Twentieth
Ward Mr. STEWART explained that he had seen Al
dernan Peck and had learned that the canyasser left
is returns in the hands of washerwoman, dong
days work at tie Aldermans house; that they had
been put into piece of furniture which was subse-
quentfy moved up to bed-ehamber, and there discoy
cred after dileent search.
Mr.. KESSEDY said that the OanvaSser who did not
know better than to give his returns TO strange wo-
man, doing days work, ought TO be known. Who is
that Canyusserl
Mr.. SIUART--Azel Freeman.
Mr.. KESSEDY-What! Azel Freeman, who used TO
be Ca, tain of Police and who held an Office in the
Custom House not know enough to deliver his returns
into proper hands; hope Azel Freeman will be known
hereafter; IL is time that this Board after such men
ard entertain them according 10 their merits.
The returns for the XVIII District in the Seven
teenth Ward had been sent to the Supervisors and
the copy handed to the County Clerk was not signed
In reference to this case Mr. LITTLE suggested that
the Canvassers of that district should be dealt with as
vigorously as the law would justify. They had refused
to send their returns to him. informing him that they
would send them TO the County Clerk alone.
On notion the CanvasseTs Of the XVIII District in
the Seventeenth Ward ordered TO appear before
the Board.
The returns of the LIST District in the Eighteenth
Ward had not been sent in.
Two copies of the returnsrom the XlVth District of
the Eighteenth Ward had been sent in, neither of them
being signed by the CanvasseT. The Board proceeded
to canvass the District by comparing the books, aud
resolved TO send for the Canvassers.
Appended is tie result Of the canvass, far as il
has gone; also table containing the vote in the
various Wards, as il stood on the night of election.
The returns marked with asterisk Il are incom-
ria