The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-25

! advanced towards their voting window, anG
su hdued air pervaded the large number Of
! white citizens who viewed from q distance
| the strange scene
a difficulty between two white men 1T the
: polls for colored people caused some excite
ment. 1t appears that one Fitchett, a youth
mad been stationed by Hunnicut; at the polls
10 give ont tickets to colored men. The Con.
servatives thought 1t no more than right lha,
n representative of their party should have
the same privilege. Accordingly, Mr. Amos
an active electioneertng man, who had done
good service in the First Ward, was delega ed
Tor the duty. Mr.. Amos mounted the table,
and was standing by the side Of Fitchett with
q bundle of Conservative tickets In his hand
when his rival, who had been the cock of
lhe Walk so long, became very much ex-
cited, and insisted that he should be taken
down Hot words followed, and blows seemed
about TO ly, when Colonel Rose, president OF
the Board of Registration, rode up, and the
matter was referred to him.
Strangely enough, the Colonel decided that
Amos should leave the stand and Fitchett
was left TO furnish Radical tickets, and none
other, TO the coored men.
subsequently, through the efforts Of the En-
ecutlve Committee Z compromise was effect
ed, and two men of each party were allowed
to take their places. The Destructive boy still
being determined to raise 4 row, after an
hours trial of this plan, both were ordered
from the polls.
SON OF THE "FRIESD AND HERO" ARRESTED.
About IL o'clock Colonel Rose was informed
that James W. Hunnicutt, Jr., the youngest
son of the Friend and Hero" and the writer
of the new nation paragraphs, had been de-
tec'ed In tearing up Conservative election
tickets. The Colonel promptly ordered the
police to arrest him. Captain Epps, after a
short search, found him standing near the
white poll, arrested and carried him before
the Colonel, who asked him if he had torn up
any tickets.
He replied that he had torn up his own, and
he wasn't afraid.
Mr.. Mccormick and little boy named
Woodward stated that they had seen him de-
stroying Conservative tickets, and were will
ing 10 swear 10 it.
The Colonel then ordered the police to take
him 10 the station house, which was done, but
shortly afterwa he was carried TO the
Libby. While in the station-house he talked
very boldly, saying among other things that
he was no Yankee, and was not afraid OF any
thing; that General Schofeld, Colonel Rose,
and the whole Yankee army could not scare
or do anything with him.
The charge preferred against him and sent
TO the commandant of the Libby was: /" In
terfering with the voters at the Monroe Ward
polls and destroying tickets OF voters
When Hunnicutt reached the Libby he car
ricd TO Parsons and Brockmeyer, two ardent
admirers of his father, the latest news from
the election, they having gone before-tne hts l
for threatening TO disembowel 4 citizen, ana
the other for selling whiskey after being or
dered TO close his shop.
Much TO the surprise of every one, about .
O'Clock carriage drove mp TO the polls IN
which was the two Latter Day Saints (l5rock.
meyer and Danner), Captain Parsons, ana
young Hunnicutt. In response to the inteT ,
rogatory from our reporter rs 10 no" they haci
gotten out OF the Libby, one OF them replied
that the commandant had told them that the
" Radical party had carried the CITY, ana
there was no use TO keep them any longer.
THE cnyuIssIpy
Quite IN excitement was created among the
darlees at about o'clock by the arrival OF
Morrssey at the polls, in 4 hack, with nun
dred loaves of bread, which were distributed
among the hungry voters. Morrissey's device
was Il good one. After swallowing their al
lowance the negroes avowed their determlnt-
ton 10 &" fight it out on that line IL IL tooK
all night.
VOTING BY CASDLELIdHT.
Although most persons, in their own minds,
had decided that the polls would not be closed
rs long us a colored man remained in the
neigh borhood, it was the general impression
that they would at least be closed IL sunset on
the third day. But when the sun Went down
the same long train of voters was presented
TO view, and there seemed no signs OF dllnlnu-
ton The Federal officers stated that the
doors Could not be closed until every man III
the crowd was in some way disposed Of. The
crowd was for the twentieth time dispersed
by soldiers overcoats were issued 10 tne
troops Il company of cavalry came up and
every preparation was made for night work.
The voting was continued until II o'clock,
when all present being disposed of, the polls
were closed.
OFFICIAL RETURNS.
Appended are the official returns from the
first, second, fourth and fifth wards, and the
number of votes cast in the third ward