The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-10-27
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CORRESPONDENCE.

CORRESPONDENCE.
Nothing has transpirea IN our place
for suIhetime, fhsBisypf ieeal interest.
farmers are basxgathefing their
crops, haxing been Sdmonished that
winter sEas1net far away,eby q flock of
mistaken xiid. geese, that passed over
this place some days ago, taking their
ann9A Southern excursion. 4
Oarelection, passed off very quiet
ly, notwithstanding the Republicans
exhibited that perfdy and meanness,
and disregard of law characteristic of
"the party, of all the morality and
decency" in the country. by defraud-
ing the minority iofka representation
nfTthe election board. They pro
cured one OF the trustees, who was a
willing tooE-and proceeded to the
usuai'plaee of holding elections, and
as editionsly as possible they cleo
ted two members of the board, by
stander putting the gote, and Zdeciar-.
ing the persons voted for duly elect
ed, preparing the ballot box, SC, and
opened the polls at precisely 6 o'clock.
The board, though organized for
mischief, was through fear Or inabili-
ty, or both, rendered incapable for
the purpose, and their doings were
satisfactory to the Democracy
Two plantation niggers put in an
appearance for the first time at our
polls. It is but just to them to say
that they hesitated, and manifested,
and expressed extreme reluctance
about voting the Republican ticket
After considerable urging, one was
persuaded to approach the polls and
hand in his ticket. He was challeng-
ed on account of eoior.OT The board
hesitated, and appealed to, the great
lights of their party for instruction,
but they were in in doubt, IN the
meantime, "the newly made man and
brotherYII beat hassy, retreat, and
was seen no more - - = - -
After ac0uple of hours of earnest
entreaty, theoa other brother was
brought up todthe scratch, and was
also challenged for the same cause as
the other. Brother Garfield was ap-
pealed TO for an opinion. He expa-
tiated at length OH 1.-The Fifteenth
Amendment,utlie power of Congress.
The purity Of the Republican party.
The pernicious doctrines of Jefferson,
&C. The Republicans present for the
first time, saw and realized fhc ap-
palling fact, that they were not hold
ing an election under the laws of
Ohio, but were controlled by the CEN
trail Government, orthe StateIof Mas
sachusetts, rather. The second darky
left as hastily as his predecessor, both
supposing that they. had voted, when,
to end the, discussion another chal-
lenge- was made on account of age,
and consequently the votes were re-
jecteds .sTO0a SYt)a On aI
Thus was. the farce Of negro voting
inaugurated in our township. II.
The fine dwelling house of Mrs.
Smith game near being destroyed by
fire last WednesdaE aThe fire caught
nearthe chimney and was discovered
about noon making rapid progress.
Luckily, plenty of help.wa near, and
liby .gQ9d management, and, extraordi-
nary exertion. the. flames were sub
dued, not, however, without consider
able damage being done to the build
ing and furniture,
Mr.. Alvah Udall had about 500
bushels of grain, and "a large, amount
of wool stored in the upper story of
his horse barn, when lastrrFriday7 the
middle, beam gave way, letting the
contents above mingle and misce-
genate in delightful confusion below.
Wheat! oafs and rye, brick and mortar,
wool and old ifen, &C.. sc, went
down together, crushing two carriages
which were on the lower floor, and
spreading the building considerably.
Mr.. Geo. w. IIinchley, a former
resident of this place, Ebat now OF
California, made ns q ying visit last
week. He came as far as Omaha IL,
charge. Of company of Coolies, on
their way to Louisiana to be employed
in cotton picking. From Omaha he
went to Rochester, NJ " where he
bought and shipped 256e cherry trees
for his own use, being extensively
i'engaged in the fruit busiaess. He is
located 25 miles west of San Francis
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" f. ID. Holcom, who was for many
years in business at the Rapids, is Wis
iting his friefids here and at Parkman.
Mr.. Holcom is now located in Iowa,
on an island in the Mississippi, and
thinks he has found a Paradise.
HIRAM, Oct, q, 1870. Il.
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