Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-04-14

THE ELECTION AT BARNESvILLE.--For an
election day to be anything else than mirky.
chilly and otherwise unpleasant is worthy of
note but so ithappened upon this ever memor-
able day in the calends of the colored citizens
of Ohio There was cool bracing air prevail
ing but the sun gave renewed life and vigor TO
everything animate.
FoREBoD5 >GS PREceEDING IuE ELECTION
For some days preceding the election there were
direful representations to the result, if
representative of the uespiscd race should at
tempt to vote. Over sanguine persons predict
ed disturbance OF the peace, riot and bloodshed.
Indeed, good Intelligent men OF both parties
deeply conscious of the inveuerglte prejudice
against the coiored race, and hence passed II
few not UNIV, helul nights, rejecting onthe
probable resu Il, when the newly euiranchiSed
voters should present themselves at tne polls.
the polls squads OF nlen gathered at different
points and appeared 10 the observer TO be
gagged IN earnest conversation. There no
sestlculatlon however ana IL became apparent
that me minds OF the people were MADE up TO
De ri once pvaceable anu Just. The newly eI-
irauchlSed Citizens were Silent ana undeInUu-
strative,encouraged by Republicans, they made
the necessary preparation To vote. IIU polls
opened between I and s o'clock ana almost
simultaneously the white and coiored citizens
deposited their ballots with no visible anxiety
or malice on me part oi either. The result dis
IppDlnlcU lDc pEOpncIS WHO llii hitherto de-
mOnstrated the utter iinpossibliiIy ofa peace
Die election when The cUiureu man sloulu at
tempt to vote. The ballots oi the colureu man
having been offered and accepted aud tae crisis
passed here was IL general relaxation OF features
That had worn Il stern expression for days.
INCIDENTS OF THE ELEcuoN.-New troops
rarely display thesteatdy quaiites9f Veterans
and the first conflict in battle may render uu-
easy Ihe DlavvsJ heart. As these new voters
approached the ballot boS Cr the Iirst time their
cOuntenances displayed and anxious eX preston
and the maud that passed the ballot, percep-
table trelnor, yet, ihc-r was iirinncss anu decis
ion in their movements.
An ancient abolitioniSt who had embraced
the 'GreeuDacil' theory last iall handed a
mixed ticket toa cOiured voter and told him 10
Vote Lslt, he passed out apparently for the pur-
pose of voting but returning shortly afterwards
ne laid the mixed ticket down and requested
me to give him some tickets. He S.lid he want
ed Tine clean ticket, he didn't want toScrdteh
any. Another came to me and requested me To
give him q ticket, did so. he then deSi red me
10 read IL and WHEN read the name Of ~ Re
publican candidate who bad formerly been
Democrat he said emphaticalY Hscl3ltch that
maine OF he'Sa Democrat. Another coiored
man secured II sam pie of each Ticket and after
scanning them carefully ne took the straight
Republican itckct and said ~ am going TO vote
the clean liclle this lime aud If they do light
by me hereafter, viii stick to them" conf
cal genius OF pure African extraction came up
to The polls ticket in hand saying 'youssgot To
take him de President say su.' some person
asked him what kind OF ticket IL was, 40 its
all ri5ht," hereplIed, MIR. u. give /; TO Ine.p J.
saw but single Instance intuxicatlon aluOng
1.-The sixty odd cUlored yotors OF this tUNynSiiu
on that day. He was in such II delectuble state
OF mind after killing The vote of ~ veteran
his bcSetting Sin.
THE election proceeded and terminated in u
remarkable calm manner without single
fight or other disturbance OF the public peace.