Evening star., 1867-06-03

and Mr.. ]. H. Crossman was placed on the
The Conservative ticket is as foliows:-For
w Moore, (short term;) Tor Common Council,
VIM. II. Nalley, Robt Ball, Jas. +. Moore;
fer Assessor. r. b. Owens. There Is another
the exception that the name Of Charles h. An
Moore. utt ~ =.
At the time of opening the pofls at the
about sixty colored people and twelve
whites in line. The fist vote polled
was by Mr.. b. U Sheckelis. The receivers
cid not get on very rapidly at the start ID
taking about three minutes per voter to
anime the lists At the 1st precinct about six
ty were present at the opening of the polls, of
At the first precinct Of the Fourth Ward, on
the east side of 1st street, between and K, the
, voting was up to one O'Clock progressing
quietly, at which hour about a56 votes had
hour, and was mi xed one, the whites and
blacks walking with locked step to the Win
dows. Several colored men voted the DEM
OcIatic ticket.
At the second precinct of the same ward.
corner First and 4. mp to one O'Clock, there
bad been 3al votes polied, the whites being ia
the n lOrIty. I-E
In the third precinct Third and streets,
when the polls were opened the whites had
possession. and about rs votes for the Con.
servative ticket were put in in one string;
dlleT WDlCQ tne line gradually Oecame -'CQeCK
ered," and up to one O'Clock Learly $50 votes
were polled, the whites being ahead.
In the fourth precinct, City Hall, the whites
were considerably ahead at 1245, when there
were 26l votes IN.
There was very little if any scratching done
by The Conservatives in tins ward and it was
generally conceded that the Conservative
ward ticket would be elected.
FIFTH WARD.
The Republican ticket IN this ward is as
follows For Alderman. John Grinder; for
Common Council. Appleton p. CLARK, John
Arrtson, L. b. S. Miller.
The Conservative candidates are e:-For AL
derman, George F. @ uiIck; for Common Coun.
ell w. Mead, William A. Mulloy, w. p.
Ferguson ..-
AT half-past p m, at the first precinct,
Fifth Ward, the vote stood 200 colored to l65
white, with no voters at the window. A few
OF the Democratic imitation Republican tick
cts got in at this precinct before they were
discovered. a few Willett votes were re-
ceived.
In the second precint, at the same hour go
votes had been cast with a white majority of
some forty. few colored voters voted the
Conservative ticket at this precinct. e
Al the third precinct, at the same hour, 2i7
ton were colored. .'. -
In the fourth precinct, at D. m, 300 votes
had been cast, nearly equally divided. Willet
got few votes, and there was some scratching
of Forsyth.
sIXTH WARD.
In the Sixth Ward, the Republican ticket
is:-for Alderman, Richard Morgan; for Com :
mon Council. Richard Rothwel, darcy w
White, James q. DuIin; Tor Assessor, Stephen
PmmsiI.
The Conservative ticket is For AIderm an
William Ia bert; for Common Council, George
W. Miller, Walter b. Dodson, James M Dali
Ton: for Assessors, Arthur &. Pumphrey: ana
an Independent ticket with Samuel Cross for
Alderman J ohm Z. Herrell, Thomas Sommer-
yllie, and Josiah Fenable, tor Common Coun-
Gil; and Charles E Nelson for Assessor
At / o'clock, in the first precinct, corner of
and 9th streets, Navy Yard,) 2i5 votes
were polled. nearly all OF them colored
In the second precinct, 10Th, between avenue
and E at the same hour. 166 votes We're in,
neaIly all OF them colcred.
In The third precinct, 10Th and NJ at the
same hour. 176 votes were in, and the whites
We're largely ahead.
In'the fourth precinct, (Anacostia Engine
House, 139 votes, in which were 81 colored
II was thought at that hour that the colored
vote OF the ward was nearly all polled
n this ward the appearance OF the counter
felts on the Republican ticket caused consId-
cradle CONNIE ion. and some parties were aux-
lous TO have those circulating them arrested
TheTe was little or no scratching 10 the can
aldates Tor Collector, Register, and Surveyor,
but there being three tickets in the field for
Alderman and Councilmen, the fayors of the
voters seem TO be divided.
In the lst precinct of the Sixth Ward. at ,
o'clock, $50 votes had been polled; colored
white and 81 colored had been cast. At the Sd
preclnc', same hour, G33 votes had been east in
all; about SO colored. In the ith precinct, 25l
white had been polled and 81 colored, at the
same hour.
As there are some four hundred white Re.
pnbIcans in this ward no estimate can be
formed as TO the vote by the division OF color
Bets were offered of Halls carrying the ward
by from one to TWO hundred ma jority.
SEVENTH WARD.
In the Seventh Ward, the Republican can
didates are:-For Alderman. L. Wheeler; for
common Council, II II. knight. ). S. Barker,
Moses T. Parker. Mr.. VIM. G. Baumberger
was originally nominated for Council but he
declined. and Mr.. NJ. T. Parker was nominated
in is place.
The Conservative ticke, is For Alderman,
Thomas E. Lloyd; for Common Council,
George W Wright, Sam uel Gedney. W. T. Walker
In the Seventh Ward the colored people
We're up early this morning. being out by two
O'Clock with buglss and horns. calling out
voters. At four O'Clock some seven or eight
hundred colored voters were in line at the
nrst tpreclnct, and up to half past ten al
The number had increased to about one thou
sand. AT thai time not one white man was in
line al that precinct, and only about twenty
five white votes had been received. By an
arrangement entered into early in the morn
nag the committee OF ten, vote distributors,
without Visiting 10 fall into line. The polling
proceeded very slowly at this precnct
from various causes, not averaging
more than one to every five minutes
those in line. The whites show disinclna-
ton 10 fall into line at this precinct. The COL
ored people are taking their days work pref
ty coolly, standing or sitting four deep in the
line, and many OF them have provided them
selves with umbrellas, evidently determined
10 fight 1t o1t that line if il takes all sum
mer." 1t was proposed about II O'Clock by
some of the white voters, that the whites
should deposit their ballots in separate box,
on the ground that they could not be received
al the regular polling precinct before the hour
of closing the pslls. ~
At the second precinct about 600 colored
voters were in line at o'clock. Up 10 half past
ten some 2sO votes had been received, Of which
not more than twenty were whites. At the
the third precieRct (west Of 9TH street at eleven
O'Clock, 40 white and 12O colored had been
voted. At the fourth precinct at the same
hour, 227 vetes had been cast, about equally di {.
vided. There Is little scratching in the Seventh
Ward. +. A. Boswell. for Register, was ahead
Of the ticket, and . few votes have been cast
for Willet, for Collector, in place OF MeNer-
hany, scratched. Excellent order prevails At
all the polling places, and the police are
taking every pains TO keep things running
amoothlY.
In the Seventh Ward at 2:30 D. m, It was
estimated that some four hundred votes had
been cast at the first precinct three quarters
sfwhich were colored. No tally was kept at
this window. and it was impossible to tell
with any precision. During the day q deubIe
line Of white voters corresponding to the line
Of colored voters on AZ street was formed
on + street, meeting the other line at the win.