The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-08-05
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1868.
Senate being announced, both
Houses proceeded to ballot.

Senate being announced, both
Houses proceeded to ballot.
Tomlinson nominated D. T. Cor
bin, Senator from Charleston, and
United States District Attorney !;
,Coghlan nominated Judge F. J.
| Moses, sr. ; .Hoyt nominated Col.
A. J. Willard late Chief Of the
Military Bureau Of Civil Affairs
under the administration of Gene
raj Candy.
| The following is the result, the
Democrats casting the scattering
votes:
Whole number Of votes cast 130;
! necessary to choice Sc; of which
F. J. Moses received SO; D. T. Cor
bin So; B. F. Dunkin 8; A. J. WI
lard 6; James L. Orr 3; D. L.
Wardlaw 2; T. n. Dawkins l; A.
P. Aldrich l.
No candidate having received a
sufficient number of votes, it was
declared that there was no elec-
tion, and a second ballot was held,
with the following result: -
F. J. Moses 60 votes; D. T. Cor
bin Sc; B. F. Dunkin 8; J. L. Orr
A. A. j. Willard 2; A, P. Aldrich
l.. -.
The Chair announced that there,
was no election, and third ballot
was taken, as follows:
T Whole number Of votes cast 1873;
necessary to choice 81; of which
F. J. Moses received 70 ID. T. Cor
bin 49; A. J. Willard 2; il. Orr
f2; T. n: Dawkins 2; Wade Hamp:
ton /; Rov. Senator Burnt District
Randolph (negro) ! Beverly Nash
(negro) i.
The vote for General Hampton
was cast by the radical Senator
Charles P. Leslie, from Barnwell,
who discovering what. the result
was before it was announced ON:
cially, expressed his thorough dis
gust. at it; and his conviction
that universal suffrage was dead,
and, begged leave to. change his
vote, which he did from Corbin to
General Hampton. The. vote was
greeted with Kisses from the floor,
and some applause from the, spec.
tators, and, amidst great confusion
the President announced that
Franklin J. Moses, having re-
ceived the requisite number Of
votes, was duly elected Chief jas
tiee. This was followed by great
cheering from his friends. ,s
The joint assembly then pro
ceeded to ballot for two associate
Justices.
Hayes nominated Lemuel Boozer;
Maxwell nominated A. j. Willard ;
jerks nominated J. NJ. Rutland;
Webb nominatea-Hoge, In
spector-General ofthe Freedmen's
Bureau; j. II: Ferriter nominated
Hon. John A. Inglis +; G. P. Leslie
(radicaD said that the experience
Of day pi owed eonclusively to his
mind that universal suffrage was
dead in the State, and that taking
his cue from this fact, he would
,heneeforth vote only for men Of
we'll defnedprinciples. He, there
fore, nominated Judge A. P. AL
drich, Of Barnwell. .(Hisses) The.
vote. resulted as follows. Whole
number of votes cast l31 neces-
sary tosa choice Sc; of which A. J:
Willard received 49 j. NJ. Rutland
20 j.; Lemuel Boozer II; J. A. Ing
Lis II Hoge Is; F. J. Moses, Jr.,,
2; Judge A. P. Aldrich 2; G. P.
Leslie /; senatorJ.J. Wright (ne-
gro) 2; Maj. NJ. R. Delaney (ne-
gro) 1; Senator J. q. Rainey (ne-
gro) l; Senator Daddy Cain (ne-
gro) / John Morissey, NJ. c., of
New York, /; C. P. Leslie and
J. E. Hayne, both radicals, voted
for Judge Aldrich. Neither ofthe
candidates having received a
sufficient number of votes, it was
declared that there was no election;
whereupon, on motion, the joint
assembly dispersed, to meet again
at noon tomorrow, when the