, 1869-11-18
6TUEFlNG TIE BALLOT-BOX,

An Inside View Of tho operations on
Etcrsaon Dny-Thr story OF q ike-
publican C1cFk-A H1oTFid State of
AFFAIR." TIC Democratic inspectors
DOlnE NIL the Voting md nil tho
COunGpuR-A Einc Field Tor u Vagt.
lnucc ConmRxtce.
FsDrn Tie M<7sden {Conn-) Republican,.
The son Of one Of our wealln'ess and most te-
spclcd citizens, who otlGated hs one OF the
poI cerks IL BruoEl3 " T., at the late election
writes hume to his tAtuer In tnis city ns GolIova
giv,uga complete e1post, Il foItacs ev1decee than
Ger in which tue Driuocrats won the vle,o1 In
1'ias State.
NEW York, Nov. 4, 1860.
DEAR FATHER: Thinking perhaps yon nigh,
tc ln.cIes,tdl u kno lug -0neshing ho yo,iu9 i.
coDo1esed III SeE York, Will g1Fc you u descr1p.
!lon q ~ % s5psiieSss &c a. POI CLERK o. Tuesasy.
Ware, ByooLlyn, The roaxhcs+ warf in Ice civ.
but the best district In Tho ward. The ppiis
cloNd Of lrsalnen on hand, nIi reauy TO com
EtLce tnsly. Lay Us well say here ia o,Isr
that nu mnJ uEdcratahl better why soma things
we're alIo~eI rh1eh tool place during the IaYi
thai there Ne1e ionr catsasstIs, OF whom twp
thcuJ'a rave been Republicans; t4o Inspectors.
one Of Hhoti should have been Republican aud
aid HAT Vas MI self. aud was the only Reauau.
cAn in 1ht CY1Hu,
NJ duties were to write doxu the name OF c.ca
snan Is be voted. hts re,ldeoce, and .nas t:ckeIs
be yottd-tleIe oclng nlhe tickets IN all To.
f1rst Thing they Old was to send tot : b0ttI: II
EntteJ. snd shortly after sacy sent for another.
1hc5 tad Two kott1eA q RhIsiey Ind a pitcher Of
lager tEeEe I'LL day, snd ~ fa1t a. one 9ot enp.y
thty would send out ana hAra II n'ltd nn AKslu
At rtst .elhgs wei, .er5 vel. but II WAS not long
every Ear t1at Toted would have from three to
1ss so,cs. shoit dialogue, sou!ething nftef
THIS maurcr, generasJ ensued before they coua-
~ s. nsls: you.ye 70 on!y got three tickets; don't
"a NJ. - Ara4f fntt tht
"isa yuu do, you'd Letter vote the whole
GTell, donr carc: bu. I haven't GOT tho
,iekEis lere; somebody GtTe me some ticketa"
"oh, never m,nd7 hers arc some uckels."
4 los OF Democratic t'ckets had been placed ius.
hehlnf the b. lot boxes, n1.d the managers oflhe
In. Ind cali Ut 10 ne vutefa' p1ues. which / was
bound 70 put ooHn. And 20 It went on al DAY
iau med ~ day Vita drunken net OF lriah Demo-
c,ate. didn't rec Republican u,t,l xbout .
o'cuck p. N. had my breakfast At E:2o a M,
,.urc 10 cat mntl 8 :au T. ca. sh1 next DAY.
Tie rolls closesi Al $50 r. m, aud then cou-
E,t nCtt Tilt Inp. After tue State ticket lpI been
Wa h.lss nlakiLR out paper. and getting ready to
AtEc IT nlJ ICiu1Es to headquarters, fo uid not
kt~i tally wiil The osner pol cltrk- lie handed
ue LIS parGf 10 tnAkc cut tny returns from. ANIL
OF. iOoltnH oyrrjt, found that uccor,tpR TO 0Is
t. uns there HAD be Ell over thousand rotes re-
culue,. rten In reality there were onlJ 9i5 right
Iutl. ttI''ed 1bpoke nbcut II, and you should
hate seeu him n.y. lie wanted 10 Laow Whist
lu>lursr II was Ut mine. AID calitd LIZ every thing
hui good Iephw.
At6ul this sitne come one In the croTl took tho
na,,w1 Lp, ana they nad IL hot autt heavy, but tue
lcEGhlIcun ttooA no thoN. nud lid q very 1ise
ll,ti & GndeT The cirCuIn-tasces, ard that wA5 TO
s,+ar unt; had he rot done ", they would have
u1oicn Ills he.4u Tor him. rrluse.1 to make auy
Ittufn from Ills paper. sud 10 the matter stoou
y hen they ~eot to work and cooked mp pape. to
ttit themselves, aud didn uarr do anything clse
out r. Ell II the return as theE gaze Il to me- for
bad already lad a fuw o1 Httn0st every ticket.
Alter ,tr State ticket re took the others III
ortttr. m1de up my mind that wonla keep
Shiela I'D sjr l,sry ~otx for ne, a. had to msxs
complete returns OF every ticket, aud send
Policeman ui' e headquarters with It "a 5000 ~
the osleT poll CLERK would hate ihs h,epest majSti
tea lot the Democrats TIE Assembly ticket t1
= tA1rt tau'ltc Of The 1ay tnlnes went. Adding
lNG Sl9 Voice, Mad ,uu renemket there we're only
rs so'cs pollcd-
Ut cuaIse refutc.l mis- neuyer, and sent IN
return VI my owD, which believe to bt ~ near
cur1tct IL IL was Ms slble ~ gel lheln. Up1n ny
rtlrtirE bis tErTrs 1e would get mad, and wear
nke trooper. TIC nlr ~aa SO tmprvRnatei win
'oesrc0 snoEe That Il Ia Wonder We were not
ttAA trunk from merely trealhllR Ihe nlE. Over
vsery tlcA.t We bad Il 1oH, which would emu IL
~ O. M ssnalt 3 IN ~ ie%n nrnrss. 81 co1rse the
cfpEtl bsckeo fAe other felIuw up, And expected
e,tt5 Iut1ute they wond elIaer uIeaL iDy head or
Ittcn lie out Of the building.
lAtlG Ntlt tultG p0HcetA1u IRcTG All Tue xIf1H
lA.llts the one hal to t1ke In MY retutus. alae
Iut'c. Msn sat down Oh one SIDE 0f me- another
pu tic Otacr Eide. Atd the t.&Ler krtE the csuwd
away from ne. Thts tod me tn do ns 1 wAs do
ic2 and tuck 10 r5y f.ghts anu they would see me
ttIcuGh. We got through about IL n'c;tck at
nlRht With the counting, At which time the Two In.
tpectorH wtre laid OFT drink on tho floor. The
eanFats tsers we're 70 drunk they csuII rot mate
cut tut tt isouke, OF when there WEIR. tnrre, mai
TO nuke out al three, hicn TOOK Ina until s:3JA
H.. Hr1tlbg As hara rs could. PRESERVED q
copy OF I'll my reruEn8, and made tue books
agEte with item.
Alter got through With these book1 the can
Sattcis nAusHtl TO sign their naned TO taen,
which completed The dss s wo1E. We were CON.
reln to CAT. thc inspectors CUT, As they were 50
drunk They could not xulE. helped one oi tns
cRh,atE*ft hone Myteli. ncycr raased through
such scene ttiote IN nj life. hali fo.sutren 10
refer 10 one Important 1act-shat III. ticket Tor
aid for 1t. though, yon would Ike to have a.
TIM artsa statement Of how voting Is conjuctei ID
his city aad hare hurlclg trid to acguaIrt yoQ
With lie facte. ftnIu jour alect.otate so1.
ALFRED,