The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-11-24
.Marrow Fat, Voting

E. AAEuOW rat YOUNG.
The Baltimore American gives the follow. |
ing as part Of the evidence ELECTED on the
examination Of Gov. Seymour's agents now
on trial for frauds perpetrated in returning
votes ofthe New York soldiers.
OK. wooD's TESTIMONY coNrrNUEp.
On the conclusion Of the reading of some
letters and the examinations Of the powers
OF attorney, ETC., the examination of Mr..
Wood was resumed. He said 'or'd gr.s
Newman remarked in .Ferry's Office that
1t would take the abolition papers three
months to discuss the frauds, whes, the e,ec.
ton was over; when he arrived in New
York ne intended to call at the World off.
ce, and give them some points, with the
idea, he supposed, Of giving the Union party
the blame; all were telling Of their achieve
ments in fraud At the ballot box; Donohde
boasted Of having done some sharp tricks in
his district, in Albany he could always
secure any majority that was Necessary for
bis candidate; Ne used "marrcw fat" tick
cts which consisted ofa number of ballot,
folded together, which WOULD become sepa
rated on being forced through the aperture
Of the ballot box; he was inspector of elec.
tions, and always has sharp clerks; ;sr6ey
made the poll books, contsining the nasnes
'of voters, tally with the tickets when vcbdnt
ed, BY quickly writing down thee necs sssary
number of names to correspond With the
number Of tickets in the 'mari ow fat ;y's fhe
affair was easily managed; whAn the vote
come to be counted inths presshce Of
Of the party in opposition to b is
own they could be very easily blinied!m \
This marrow fat voting was also ex.
planned by Donohue himself in his letters
and conversatim: = hifz9Tnssa Ers
The marrow fa.' is made byn closely
pressing together a number of ticketsasay
ten or twenty which are passed to the /
Judge as one ticket, and the Judge, in fplac-
ng them in the box. gives TIA iittlershake,
when they separate, and represent so manyd
listinct ballots Bit how is the list sf vo i,
ers kept by the clerks of elections made to-
ally with the nnmber Of tickets in the box2
Nothing is more easier, In the hands of
'uch accomplished politicians as New York
PRODUCES. The clerk "is all right" and at
. given sigral enters upon the p5ll books as
many names as the "marrow fat'' contains
,otes. his colleague on the outside of,theI
window having, of course, previously ar
.anged the whole affair, and when the re.
urns come to be counted at the close of
he election everything is 'tsquare "uio,'t y
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A NEGRo ORAroR---Col. Higginson Is
writing his experiences with colorod troops
for the Atlastic Monthly. q He gives a |
graphic sketch of a speech by negro cor.
poral: haakoi 5sgau7 -staisalH 7ss4
The mist eloq'Ienr, perhaps, was Gorpo.
raj Prince Lambkin, just arrived from Fer.
nandinao who eyidently had, q previous rep
utation among them. HIS historical; refer
ences were very interesting. H He, reminded
them that he had predicted this war ever
since Frcm"nt's time to which some of the
crowd assentsd. He gave "A very, irtelli-
gent account of that Presidential campaign,
and then described, most dimpressiveiy, the
secret anxiety ofthe slaves in F lorida to
know all about President Lincoln's election,
and told how they all refused to work on
the 4th of March, expecting their freedom
to date from that day. He efaslly brought
out one Of the few and really most impress-,
i've appeals for the American ia, that I ev.
er heard: l.sw arE ntsuguh 15Is a.5esf
Our mas'rs day hab lib under de fag;
dey got dere wealth under it. and ebry ting
beautiful for dere chilen Under it., dey
hab grind ussup. and put us in dere pock.
ct for money. But de fu' minute dey tink
dat'o'e fas mean freedom for we colored
people, dey pun fright down, andran up
dc rag ob dere own. Immense applause. I
Bu well neber desert de ole flag. boys, neb |,
er; we hab lib under it foe eighteen hun
dred sixty.twc years, and we'll de for It |
now dos sargo ~ gr5B "a.
With which overpowering discharge of
chronology at long range, this most effect.
i've Of stump speeches closed.all o0G'' gao
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