Evening star., 1869-06-07

In the second prscnct, tE to HI corner OF
l3th and l. streets, the voting was quite slow,
the proportion OF whites, however. being some-
what larger tn3n in the first precinct.
In the third precinct, IL 10 M corner OF 18th
treet and Massa,huse.ts avanu1, the bulk o.
the crowd had ve;ed By 14 O'Clock. after
which, until noon, any one could have vCtad
wIlh but little trouble. At that time t9n votes
had been cast, about three-fou-ths beng by
coiorrd vc:ers.
In be fourth precinct, N to S. 18th street,
ber wesn K and L, ne Republic ans had the
first show, and SON were ready - work. Al
l 2 O'Clock there was quite string of yo-srs.
tie most o. whom appeared - oe white.
In the rtth precinct. I 10 ~ 18th strea-
near -. The larger portion of me crowd ghrcn
al asst nbl'd 81 the opening OF the polls
had left O. eleven O'Clock, leaving only he
workers. From % TO 200 votes had been east
up 10 that hour, the greater portion being o.
cotor.d u voters.
Itis stated that considerable scratching has
b. zen done IN the ward duTln NJ the morning and
besides Ur. Chase 5 name, q numrar OF coioTad
voters have scratched the names OF Mes rs. II.
A. Hall and Piper, and inserted those of w r.
Given and Capt. Narrower. Mr.. Given, it Will
b. reInem hsred, was Consul at MartIniQ ne
during the administration OF President LIN
coin, and Capt narrower served daring The
w'r in the Union army; both gentlemen being
personally very popular. The vote in this
ward will be much less than last y-tr, neither
party seeming 70 be using all their efforts.
LATER.
About one clock, rs Julius Wallace and q
irlenu were leaving ths polls near the corner
OF 18th and VI streets, Wallace was stopped
ana questioned as TO having scratched the
name OF Mr Chase the regular Republican
nominee for Alderman, and he, after some
words, s,was attacked by the Gro wd, who knocked
him out Of his buggy and beat him. The 20
lice Immediately entered the crowd, and with
some trouble got Walace INTO his buggy again.
Ofscers O'Hare, Jarboe ard Bresnahan were
rather roughly handled and bruised with
stones, but they, with others of the force, "a
squad Of the mounted men, headed by Captain
a. tha
ceeded in putting down the riot: Wallace and
his friend going off in the buggy at a break
neck pace, amid shower Of stones. Abou.
the same time Timothy Rogers, residing
in Chestnut street, taoove p, between
lith and 18th streets.) was attacked
with stones, &c, and was badly beaten before
the crowd could he driven off. HIS offence was
that he had voted the 'Citizens' ticket :"
These disturbances occasioned great deal OF
excitement IN the neighhorhood and the report
tina. rlJts were going on attracted from the
other precincts of this ward as also the several
Ir,cincts of the Third Ward, almost the entire
crowds therefrom, and for a time there were
not enough voters left TO form n respectable
line. Hardly had voting been resumed al the
18Th and N street polls before more excitement
took place; this time on i2th street Mr. Cnas
uart, one OF the leaders Of the .:Colored Citi.
store Of Mr.. w. +. Given, No. 375 18th street,
when large crowd Of coloreG men gathered for
the purpose of mobbing him. Stu art managed TO
get IN among the rear buildings III that sg uare,
and the mounted police made a dash through
lie crowd. forming line in front of the store
untl some of the police not mounted had es-
curred those who appeared TO be the leaders in
left.
At the first precinct IN this ward $40 votes
q td DeSn cast, u TO one o'clock; at the second,
525; 1t the th'rd, $50; at the fourth, 3l6 and at
the nth nearly $40, fully two-thirds being Re.
publican.
1t is estimated at p m that the Second
Ward will go Republican by from four to five
hundred majority.
THIRD WARD.
Republican Ticket t.-Alderman-T. g. Con.
molly. Councilmen-JOhn Thomas johnson,
X. Il. Detrick. X. J. Beall.
wick. Couneilmeu-Wilson f.. Brown R q
Hewett, Richard H. Williams.
In this ward the Republicans were also on
ue ground early, prayer meeting having
been held before daylight, at which they first
gathered, ami subsequently marched 10 the
precincts where long lines were Termed.
rs and M to d. on th street
TO l1k o'clock, but oil was quiet with one ex-
eeptlon. colored citizen who voted against
the Republicans received a knock down. for
Whlch ch MS assaiiant, eolored man named
Brown. was arrested.
AT the second and third precincts, (E to III
ana 10 NJ there Were but few votes being
polled after ten O'Clock, at which hour the
long lines formed in the morning had ali
voted
In the fourth precinct, IN to 81 corner New
York avenue and 9th street. voting was quite
brisk up to 10 O'cloo X, but all was uiet except
the case OF q coloIed man who voted the :. Git.
liens ticket" and was pursued by q crowd,
but managed to escape without damage.
building as the fourth precinct, the larger por.
ton OF the crowd had voted by 10 O'Clock, and
the commissioners appeared to have but little
to do until IL o'clock
In this ward II is said that great amount of
scratching is being done, but four tickets being
voted straight, and consequently it is hard to
form an opinion as to who VIII be the success
ful candidates. The Republicans were quite
lubilant during the morning, and claim the
ward by from go to $50 majority on the gen.
eral ticket.
The voting in his ward was not very brisk
up 10 o'clock this afternoon, although up to
that time An average Of $50 votes had been re-
ceived al each precinct. 1t was thought At
that time that Boswell was sure Of the ward
by small majority, but that the ward ticket
would he split, Messrs Hewstt and Brown.
candidates on the Citizens ticket, polling a
larger vote than was antic ipated
FOURTH WARD
Rt tpiIIiI.dH 1ictst t:-Alderman-Ma;theWC q.
Emery. CouncilmeR-Janes Holmes. A. X.
Browne, George W Hatton. Assesses. g.
Espey.
Councilmen-W. H. Naiiey, 7. ". Regan, Geo.
Savage. Assessor-R b. Owens.
George JueneInan IS beng run as al ;nde-
pendent candidate tor Common Council.
The Republicans Of this ward commenced 10
assemble at The house OF Vim. Bowen. corner
Of Sd and q streets. about O'Clock last evening.
and up 10 daylight this mo rning large crowd
had assembled. when the Whole of them. upder
The direction Of the Executive Committee
marched 10 the i've voting precincts on Lolis.
lana avenue, where they were divided off and
took their stations, and s'citiZen" voters who
expected TO get IL an early vote were disap.
pointed. These early Republicans were fur.
nished with tickets, blue enameled or the back
and with the motto: LET us have peace AT
the head.
In the first precinct (JaSuce Martins office.
and voting was quite brisk, but without auy
dlsoruerly proceedings. In the line the whites
seemed 10 predominant. after the early rising
Republicans had cast their votes.
In the second precinct INT. ]. H. Johnson's
oiiice) The voting was also brisk and orderly.
In the third tMr. Norris's Office, Louisia lana
ayenue.1 things were lively. but everybody
seemed in good hunor, while doing their level
best.
The fourth precinct was at Justice Walters
once, where everyone seemed hard at work.
but all was qniet up 70 II O'Clock.
The nth precinct ~ one time SEEMED 60 be
the white mans precinct. tor the coIored men
were Lot fully represented here. The voting
was, however, going on very quietly and IN
good humor.
AlIeady-at 10 o'clock-had both parties
commenced TO scratch; some Republicans SUBJ
stituring the name CT Mr. Ecklof for that OF
Mr.. Cook for Register, and numbers OF sCiti.
zens" scratching the name OF Mr.. Ball, insert.
ing the name OF MIR. Emery, tor Alderman
''Citizens" from the lower part Of the ward are
scratching Savage, and numbers OF Repabli.
cans are scratching Hatton for Naliey. Some
ssolra