Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-08-12
Kentucky Election.


HOW THE REPUBIICAN VICTORY WAS
MANAGED BY GEN. BURNsIDE-DIs-
GRACEFUL EVIDENCE OF COERCION.
CONVICTION, Ky, Aug A.
From the New York World
1.-The election. in Kentucky has passed
off quietly" say the Administration pa
pers of to-day. 'Quiet reigns in War
saw wrote Russian General to his
master, the Gar, after course of treat
nent supposed at one time to be practiced
nowhere save in Russia and its dependen-
cies Friday morning preceding the elec-
tion, General Burnside, assuming for
pretext the invasion of Kentucky by a few
hundred guerillas, who were even then
rapidly retreating before superior forces,
declared martial law over the whole State.
His minions throughout the State were
but too willing to aid in the execution of
his order. Colonel Berry, the provost
marshal, under the conscription act in this
(the Sixth) district, issued an order threat
ened the Judge who should permit a ''dis-
loyal vote' TO be cast with imprisonment
in Camp Chase during the war. He also
requested the commander of the forces to
station soldiers ut the different voting
places on the day Of the election An
oath, very different from that required by
the Repatriation act of the State. was
issued in printed form by the :. LOYAL
League of the place, and administered
to every Democrat who attempted to
vote
Monday morning was ushpred in with
all the pomp and circumstance OF war.
AT very early hour troops were paraded
through the city, and were finally divided
into squads and stationed near the polls
with guns loaded and bayonets fixed. One
piece OF artillery was ostentati0usly drag
Ged through The city and th.n placed IN
the rear of the voting place most centrally
situated. Committees of chalIcncers.
appointed by the Leagues, and consisting
of roughs and bullies. were in force at all
the polls
Very few Democrats voted, the whole
number being only ffty-nine The total
vote OF the city Is nearly twenty-five hun
dred, bat only fourteen hundred votes
were cast, and of these thirteen hundred
and fifty were for the so-called Union
ticket
The foreign vote of the city is quite
large, and IS for the most part Demo-
cratic, but nearly all the foreigners were
kept away from the polls by the display
OF military force made early in the morn
ing, and those few who did venture to
present themselves were not permitted to
vote by the challengers, who in MANY in
stances knocked down and drove off those
WHO insisted upon voting the Democratic
ticket, or else made item vote the
mon ticket under thrrnts Of per-
sonal violence. Before the election.
orders were issued in difftreu. parts of
the State by military commanders, and
even by General Boyle of Louisville.
stating that those who voted for Nickliffe
would render their property liable to i'm
prisonment and seizure for Government
purposes.
by the use of such means the AGminis-
tration party has triumphed in Kentucky.
ana al the next session of the Legislature
the emancipation Question viii probably
be brought up and disposed of, as ii has
been IN Missouri, while the members of
Congress from this State will be found vo-
ting on the same side with Republicans
III Congress next winter. A brother and
nephew of Cassius NJ Clay are among
the Congressman elect, and the Lieuten-
ant Governor elect, Il. L. Jacob, is a
orother-ln-law of General Fremont