Evening star., 1867-06-01
The Correction of the Registry

The Correction of the Registry.
AT seven O'Clock last night, the time an
nounced fer the closing OF the registration,
there were quite number waiting to be reg
lstered. asd th- question was raised as to theft
reception. There was a legal diff Guilty in the
way from the fact that the Judges had adver
tsed to close at certain hour, p. m, and
there had been no announcement that they
would cit later. Should it happen that any
had gone away with the idea that they would
not get registered after 7 D. m there might b =,
cause OF complaint if others were received
after that hour. The Judges were perfectly
willing TO sit until II O'Clock il 1t were neces
sary, but the question arose whether such
action would not vitiate the election
fiHaily, after consultation with legal gentle.
men, 1t was decided to take all present at se ven
O'Clock; those present at that hour being con-
sldered as having made personal application
within the time fixed by the ad dvertisement
The point where names were entered on the
the books alter o'clock was designated, in
case the legal Q uestion should arise as to what
names were taken after that hour and their
eligibility as voters.
While the work of registering these addi-
uonal names was in progress, a man who
came up to register was objected to by Mr. j.
4. Ciary, challenger, on the ground that he
left the city to avoid the draft. A young man
named j. h. Dubant, who appeared to be Ia
boring under strong excitement, addressed
some violent language towards Clary and to :
wards MIR. Bowen who seemed disposed to
sustain the objection of Mr.. Clary. Mr. Gle
phane thought the objection hardly suEic csnt
one TO Justify rejecting the man. Mr.. Bowen
held that the man, by leaving the city to avoid
the draft, had given aid and comfort to the
enemy. After this affair h ad passed OFF, a man
VINO had served soldier came mn 10 he
registered. and Dubant taking cffense at the
mode OF questioning, adopted by MIR. Bowen.
exclaimed. in heated manner, .'By God, YOU
shan't chalien ge soidiers.'' using other offen-
siye language. The police were ordered 10
arrest him. when he suddenly seized some of
the leaves OF one OF the registry books and tore
them out. He was seized by Detective
Bigley, who compelled him to drop the torn
leaves. They were found TO be much crum-
pied but not illsgible. The suppostiop of some
That this extraordinary action OF Dubant's was
deliberate attempt 10 destroy the registration
books for political purposes, is, We are salts
fed, altogether incorrect, 1t was simply
mad freak. Dubant, who. il should be stated,
served creditabiy az a Captain in Union
regiment during the war, has for some time
been subject to violent spasms, accompanied by
great cerebral excitement, after a sorL to excite
he serious appreheps siOns of his relatives.
His conduct, in this affair, we hear is the
cause OF extreme regret and modification 10
the members of his family. who are among
our most esteemed and respectable citizens
Al ten O'Clock. when all had been re gistered
VINO could by any construction be held
coming within the rule adopted by the board,
Il was proposed to adjourn, when an applica-
lion W as received by Mr.. James W. Barker
Tor the reception OF number of names. A
vote was taken upon the cues ion of shutting
be doors or going on with the registering
until midnight, and 1t was decided TO close
he doors by vote of three te two-Messrs
Robbins. Clephane, and Bowen voting affirm
atlvely, and Messrs. Bacon and Plant in the
negative. Mr. Robbins gave his reasons In
the following words:
Gentlemen In accordance with the require
ments Of the law, ant after having given tue
requisite legal notice, we have been in open
session for two long days, assiduously engaged
IN correcting the lists Of voters heretofore
made, and also of adding new names to said
lists. Wnen the hour OF seven O'Clock arrived
this evening, instead OF closing our labors, as
we could have properly done, we resolved TO
register all the voters that were then waiting
TO be registered; and when the doors closed at
* O'Clock, every voter then on the outside was
by our order admitted, and has been registered
Our clerk, Mr.. Noyes, utterly broken down
and exhausted, was obliged to drop his pen
a half an hour before the registration was
completed. To transfer the names of the votes
that have been taken during the last two days
10 the permanent records of the Judges, and
then to copy those names into the several pre-
cinct voting books, will require as large a
clerical force as can possibly be employed by
Mr. Noyes. working continuously from this
time till the morning OF the election. There
request that we reopen the doors and con-
tnue our eXhausung labors until IL O'Clock
tonight, s. to say the least Of ii unreasonable.
| might say that it has no foundation in either
law, equity, justice, common decency, COM
mon honesty, or common sense.
During yesterday 1876 names were received:
1928 of whom are white, and 5s3 colored On
Thursday, e74 names were recorded, 455 OF
white persons and 4l9 Of colored.
For the benefit of our readers We give the
following table: