Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-11-08
Candidate for Congress badly Beaten
GENERAL ANARCHY AND EXC Ess.

w" 70 nv" progressing. 4HeTe is ahfeaC
struggle in all the wards Of the city. as Tar
as heard from. The polls of the third
ward are blocked by rowdies. and the po-
lice are doing nothing to hinder them. In
the tenth ward the Reform Judge of elec.
tion was inundated. and compelled to
leave his post. Hinsley was appointed by
the acting Mayor and rejected by the
councils, but has been re-appointed.-
The Reiormers have been driven off
Jsmes Jefiers, sou OF Madison Jeffers,
was shot in tile side and bea en- over the
head by the Reormers, whom he had ma-
treated.
In the tenth ward, Adam B KYLE, Jr.,
merchant, do NJ business at No SO Han
over street, and a Reiormer, has been shot
in The temple, and Is iu u dying condition
His brother. George II. Kyle. who came
to his rescue, WAS also s.ol, and is danger
ously wounded. In the fourteenth ward
a desperate struggle occurred. The Re-
iolmrrs were Resisted with arms. Jonny
White, alias James Johnson, a notorious
lowdy. run an awl into Reformer, and
was shot dead with pistol ball.
Two other rowdits, named Harris and
Duffy, were Shot in the legs. Henry
etaIr,a R-iormer, was also shot in the ley.
VIM. Stiles, . Relolmer, was shot in H..
arm and leg Theodore Woodail was
badly braien Dr. q. RICHARDSON, a Re-
io'mer, WAS puIsued by the Cap ain OF he
Thundeltoll Club with drawn sword
He tU k r fug- in store, and the rowd IS
pursuing, broke the windows. Richard
eon, however, managed to make his es-
cape. Judge Giles, OF the United States
District Count, mel Sheriff Crtamer in the
st.eet, and told INN. in decided terms. that
lie WAS 10 be held accountable for all the
bIoodsl.ed to- day. He also told him, rs IL
Jadge and lawyer. That lie had the au-
lhon'y. and twas his du y TO Interfere.
In Ihe 18th Ward the r,wdies took pos
session OF The polls, and gave the Retor-
mers notice to quit. Felix McCulley
was seriously bea,tn
In The 5,Ii ward the Refnrmela were
driven OFT al an ea;ly hour. Tie son vi
Hon. Josi ua Vansan. WAS beaten while al
temp ing To vote. Seve nj SLOTS wer.
tIed. but no person WAS injured. ..
The Isl, Cd and 4th wards ale also in
possession Of Ne lowdies, to the total ex-
rIusrn Of all who oppose them.
In lhe 2Otli ward the I"wdles are knock
ing down and nalreallng whom they
please. The police offer no protection to
rniz-ns. TIL. rowdies have brought Il
swivel on the ground.
In the l2ih and 18Th wards. gangs OF
rowdies tom Washington, tull, AIMED,
are aiding ,he Balllmore "Roughs." The
Indications now are that the kelolmers, as
II general thing, have abandoned the con
test, finding II impossible 10 vote with vi
lisklng their lives. In the 18Th ward II
boy has been MORALLY wounded by a shot
in the breast.
There is much talk in the streets among
the citizens. OF Il propriety Of establish
ing a Vigilance Committee. ......
BALTIMORE, 3 p. M.-Wm. F Preston,
the Demuclallc candidate for Congress in
the Third Distinct. is now lying at Bar
NUNS Holel, badly beaten about the head
with "blIly.' The outrage is said 10
have been committed in the Seventh Ward
In The Eleventh Ward, which is the
stronghold OF the Reiormers. Mr.. George
McGlIl, n prominent Retorm+r, made a
speech and announced the withdraw of
Mr.. Thomas, the candida for Attorney
General The keforn-rs then all with
drew, finding it impossible to accomplish
anything. ,...
Mr.. Adam B. Kyle, who received
pistol ball in his temple this morning.
At HE election polls in the Fifteenth
Ward, was reported dead at Two O'Clock,
but he was still alive an hour since. but
his case WAS hopeless. as the ball Is buried
IN his blain.
AIS o'clDmk. DR.. Robinson, of the Re-
lo'm Committee, visited The polls in lhr
Eleventh Ward. and announced that the
Rrt,Imers Lad beet driven from every
Ward except that and the Eighth, and lie
therefore ruunseled the Relormers to with
draw. To avoid further bloodshed
Dl. Thomas, the Reform Judge, retired,
aud the contest was abandoned. Relor-
mers throughout the city took the same
course. leaving the polls Ill the hands Of
the dominant party.
Numerous reports are afioat with regard
to minor oullagrs on the rights Of citizens
in the several Wards.
In the S-cond ward, Charles Ba,khard.
a German. was shot in the hip. IL the
Filth ward. man whose name is un-
known. was dleadIully beaten.
In relation to the assault upon Mr.. Pres
ton, Tie most reliable report is that it oc-
cured Al Govans town. III the Ninth dis
lrict. One account says that the assail-
ant was an lrishman. but it is difficulty to
arrive at the truth, with 50 many conflict
ing reports. ....
This evening the streets are nearly de-
serted. except by the boislerous party =
The stores we'e generally closed at dark.
IL proprietor Of the Exchange. having
been threatened with ali assault upon his
office. has made a demand on the city au-
tI,orities for protection.
BALTIMORE, NV. 30 p. M.-The
Americans are rvjoiring over their victory
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