Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-08

The Fullest ever knOWn-NO Disturb.
:cee ssn :s ATss s, mp 20 Sa,
day-They ALI Voted early I'm the
morning-COlOred Women's Righ
Swanns Majority will not exceed
5000.
Special to The Ersnino Star.
BALTIMORE, Nov. s.-The vote Of Baltimore
to-day is the fullest ever known, and the inter
est in the election is 80 general as to bring out
nearly the whole quiet vote, which has not been
the case for years before. Up to this writing
there has not been the slightest disturbance.
All the bar rooms are rigid!y closed, and there
is no intoxicatlon visible anywhere-the
police having received instructions to take
the names OF any persons seen on the streets un-
der the influence of liquor TO be used as wit
Desses before the grand jury, and made to dis
close where the liquor was sold. The colored
people are, generally speaking, enjoying the
day as holiday. The dining saloons are nearly
deserted Of their walters, and at every polling
place there are ticket distributors and commit
mittees Of colOred men looking after the voters
OF their people, The republican managers
everywhere active. and seem to be neglecting
nothing to put i'll every vote they are entitled 10.
In the wards composing the third congressional
district the utmost activity prevails among
the republicans to secure, IL possible, the
defeat OF Mr.. Swami, and the vote will be very
large. AT all the precincts in the city the col
ored voters were first on the ground. sndseemed
TO feel the Importance o.. this their hrst exercise
OF the privileges of the ballot in Baltimore. By
one O'Clock it was estimated that nearly every
colo! ed man IN the city, numbering altogether
something like 9,O00,. had voted. The United
States deputy marshals appeared at the POLL
with pink ribbon badges designating their Of
fetal capacity. In nearly all instances they ira
teInized with the regularly constituted police
and in voting. 1 visited the 5th, 18th and 18TH
wards, where the colored people of the city
chiefly reside. The spectacle OF so many col
ored voters was novel one for Baltimore, and
nf
many c0lOred women with tickets bearing cut
OF Abraham Lincoln pinned to their bosoms
The 9th ward is in the Second Congressional
district, now represented by Mr.. Archer. The
colored vote in this ward Is nine hundred
strong In the I'd precinct Of this ward the col
ored men had nearly al voted by halfpast II
votes had been Cast, two hundred and fifty OF
them being Of blacks. At the first precinct OF
the 9Th ward there were two hundred persons in
Wer. wS;te TSs uns os vo;s 1is t FIX " wno
time halt way over Blair Market lot. The 18th
and 10th wards are IN Mr.. swans district, the
former having nearly q thousand and the latter
negroes In Mr.. Swann'e district In proportion to
population than in Mr.. Archer's and it is now
calculate d. thTee-o'clock p. m, that Mr.
S o. il a AZ sSa
he received seven thousand four hundred and
forty-nine majority. Nearly all the interest in
the city s centered inthe result In this district.
and whites and negroes fell into line in the
order of arrival; the policemen and deputy
marshals settling all disputes as to place, and
alike. At eleven and hall O'Clock there were
two hundred aud thirty persons; twenty-five of
them white, in line at the LIST precinct Of
the 10th ward, corner of Burgundy
alley and Warner street, in the center
OF a large negro quarter. wherever the negrr-sr
presented themselves in large pumbere ths
voting was very slow, and ct this preci. ,ct would
not average more than two a mi. ute From
the official report IL Is learned that mn N two
orlock there had not been p single arrest in the
"noie cry r.
Election I'm <rInce George Couutv-
Lsrs COl0Red Vote for Gary.
Specie. 60 The Star.
SURRATsvILLR, Nov. 8, 10 a. MIN this (Sur-
ratsville) district the newly enfranchised voters
were early on the ground, and in large numbers,
bat they were very orderly, and no disposition
has been shown on the part of the whites
interfere With them, 60 that the voting has pro-