Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-01

main in their possession. After 100 white
voies--nearly all Conservatives = had
been cast, the blacks crowded 10, forming
lines reaching from the engine house to
the opposite side Of the street At
o'clock il was with no little difficulty that
we forced through the lines TO reach the
clerks table. AT 1890 2sO votes had
been cast; at ] pm. Goethe average
being 80 per hour. Notwithstanding the
violation OF the agreement that only
whites should vote at the Seventh Ward
polls, as late as one clock there was not
the least evidence of a disturbance
Everybody seemed to be 10 good humor.
EIGHTH WARD.
This preeinct--market house-was set
apart for colored voters. The voting
proceeded very slowly. At II o'clock
only 60 votes had been cast, so rigid was
the challenging, and II o'clock showed
only about 100. The challenging occu'
pied more time at this precinct than any
other we visited. The Radical leaders
we're becoming very indignant at the
progress of affairs, alleging that the
challenging was unnecessarily rigid.
At IL o'clock they commenced re-
questing the colored voters to go to
other wards, alleging that fair oppor-
tunity for voting would not be afforded
here. Many comPlied-hastening to
the Second, Third, Fourth and other
wards.
THE AVERAGE VOTE.
The average vote per hour in the diff
ferent precincts up to l o'clock this af-
ternoon was about as follows First
ward, l4O; Second ward, lao; Third
ward, 225; Fourth ward, 100; Fifth
ward, Ga; Sixth ward, 70; Seventh
ward, 80; Eighth ward, 80. Taking
this as basis the total vote of the eight
precincts, up to o'clock this afternoon,
was 3,42S. We doubtif it will materially
vary from these figures.
THE coLoRED VOTE.
OF the proportion, according to the
above estimate of the vote to pm, in
the four precincts originally allotted to
them, was about as follows Second
Ward, $50; Fourth Ward, 500; Fifth
Ward, 256; Eighth Ward, l32-total,
1903. But of 800 votes polled in the
Seventh Ward 100 were colored and Of
the $50 at the Sixth Ward precinct not
less than 100 were colored, Colored
votes came in freely at the Third Ward
polls after ll:3O q. M, and doubtless 100
we're polled there before pm. This
estimate will raise the colored vote cast
up to o'clock to ls7S-more than half
the total vote.
GENERAL REMARKS.
The fact that voting progressed slowly
in the Eighth Ward this forenoon was
regarded by some of the leading Radicals
as sufficient pretext to induce violation
of the published agreement between
Messrs. s. P. Walker, M. D. L. Stewart,
John Eaton, s. B. Beaumont and Barbour
Lewis, on behalf of their respective,
parties, by which four precincts were to
be used exclusively for whites and four
for blacks. Asserting that the compact
no longer existed, colored voters were
sent as early as i o clock from the Eighth
to the other wards to deposit their ballots.
1t is notorious fact that at II o'clock
two of the precincts designated for white
voters-sixth and seventh wards-were
being monopelized by blacks. 1t is also
fact that the third ward precinct-in-
tended for whites-withstood heavy
colored immigration after ll:30 am,
thus leaving only one white precinct
the first ward-for the exclusive use of
white voters. At one time Col. Beau
mont persuaded the colored voters at
the sixth ward precinct to leave,
but they soon returned.
In several instances colored men en-
deavored to vote on certificates bearing
other than the names given in to the
clerks of election. These certificates
doubtless belonged to negroes who have
died since registration.
THE POLICE.
The regular and special police were
everywhere present, and at the least man
Hesitation of disorder would have quellcd
it. They conducted themselves with the
utmost decorum, taking no part whatever
in the election, other than quietly casting
their own ballots. 1t is but justice to
Colonel Beaumont to say that throughout
the entire forenoon he spared no effort to
preserve the peace. He visited the diff
ferent voting places, strictly admonish-
ing his subordnatss as to their duty. We
have every reason to believe that the
election this afternoon will be conducted |
as quietly as it was between 9 am and l |
D. m. The returns in full will appear to
morrow.
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. |
The Board Of Health met yesterday after |