Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-01

fun,0 as one or them facetlOusly eA
pressed himself to an interrogation on tn
train. A scheme for a heavy impOrta
ton of black Stokesites by the Memphis
and Charleston railroad was strangel!
frustrated, as described elsewhere in on
columns. The Mississippi and Tonnes
see railroad was lined with darkies seek
ing transportation to the city, but thu
trains failed TO stop, and the dusky pa
ltriots were left in anguish of spirit from
the contemplation of the sore defeat o
their champions. A number of darkle
were arrested during the day on suspi
cion of fraudulent practice ut the polls
and were held in limbo until evening
when most of them were turned loose
On some of them were found registration
certificates of the State of Louisiana
showing the efforts made by the pro
scriptiOnists to secure reinfOrcements II
aid of their villainous schemes. Hun
dreds of bogus certificates were brOugh
to light. Never was there a more disas
trous defeat of Radicalism.
In the APPEAL of the sixth of August
the morning after the election, we fine
the following:
NJ. ]. wicks, President Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad Company;
DEAR SIR-The law impOsC on me
the duty of holding the election to-mor
row, and to provide against fraud anC
violence. In view of this duty, and o
the evident policy of the law that every
one shall vote where he is known, ]
have recommended that the people shall
vote in their own precincts. have
given instruction (which | regard as alb,
solutely necessary, to enable me to hold
the election without danger of inter
ruption) TO the police not to allow the
congregation Of crowds in the city.
You are therefore respectfully notified,
that to bring the people from the cOun'
try to town will thwart my plans fol
preserving the peace of the city and the
purity of the election, and you will sub
ject your trains to arrest and detention
by the police. You will please, there
fore, to take such steps as will prevent
the conveyance on your trains of people
from the country to town on that day.
g JOHN P. BOUGHNER,
Commissioner of Registration.
August 4, 1863.
Whereupon Colonel Curry, who had
engaged the train, received the follow
ing letter from the officers of the road
MEMPHIS AND.CHARLEsToN R~AILRoAD,0
SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE,
MEMPHIS, Tenn, August 4, 1853.
Captain A. P. Curry:
DEAR SIR-The inclosed copy of an
order from Commissioner of Registra-
ton, John P. Boughner, addressed to
NJ. j. Wicks, Esq, President, is for
warded to you for your information. In
the absence of the General Superintend-
.ent, / am instructed by the President to
send it to you, and TO notify you that we
will not attempt TO send the extra
COACHES to COllierville tonight to bring
in passengers tomorrow, as it will be in
violation of the order of the Commits
sioner Of Registration. Very respect
fully, C. L. ANDERSON,
Assistant Superintendent.
At the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and
Tenth wards the country negroes very
largely presented themselves. Their
first effort VS. made at the Fifth ward
polls, but being promptly chal-
lenged, and a half dozen Of their
number having been taken in charge
BY the police for illegal voting, they
had recourse to the Sixth ward. Here
they met with a similar reception, and
also at the Seventh and Tenth. Baff1ed
and beaten, they finally retired in dis
gust, swearing loudly against the men
who had inveigled them into the trap.
A great many country negroes were
turned back by the police, who, through
out the day acted with discretion, and,
n or two exceptions, faithfully
performed theirduties.
We are reliably informed that the
Commissioners to q man voted
The straight Senter ticket.
Sheriff Curry voted the Stokes ticket,
Sugar Hamilton and all. That is con-
.ierUGtiSm for you. rTr
The negro vote was light. The swarm
If blacks expected, and for whose trans
.l0rtatiOn arrangements had been made,
allied, somehow or other, to come UP.
heKenna, as recruiting sergeant for
he g.. AR, left the city in the morn
ng on the six o'clock freight train on
he Charleston road, for Collierville and
stations, but the appear
nee Of his squad on his return forbade
my hope to the party that "Memphis
would be savedp thereby. Ne
-roes, excepting, of course, the
langers-on of the party around cities,
re fast losing their relish for the exer-
Use of the "inestimable boom" and do
lot seem to care a fig for it. "You see,n
aid q country darky on being approach
d by a very Radical man and Brother,
i doesn't keer so much bout de votin', |
fut if you knows de place whar weuns
gwine to get dat little snack and a
ram, III go long wild you right nO1Ur'
teavy on the "snack and dram,n but
.Ot so much on ode Yoten as when it
new thing. Some of them allowed
ne Radical wire-workers to vote them
The trick was only tried on
hose who were known to be rascals
nOugh to understand it and g~etthrough
18th 1t successfully. 1t was managed
4 this way: Those having in their
ossessiOn certificates issued by Sears,
ere also furnished with certificates is
1ed by Williams. When a batch voted
u the Sears certificate at the Fifth
ard ''coloredp precinct, they thenl
to the Seventh ward ''col-
red precinct and voted on the Will
ans certificate. The Sears certificate
purple and the Williams certificate is
reen, and by that means the little trick
'as discovered. Though the rascality
'as discovered by the Conservatives, no
rrests were made of the: illegal voters,
the real culprits-Hamilton, Lewis &
o.-could not be reached, and with the
ope that their dupes would, ere the
ext election, see who are the real
lends Of the black man, and govern
lemselves accordingly.
Over three hundred negroes -werel
rought 20 the city yesterday from diff
rent points along the Memphis and
.ouisville road, outside of Shelby cOun-
',by some Stokes men on the noon
ain, and were met at the depot by
OF the same party, who at once
Istributed the negroes throughout the
We learn from a railroad gentleman.
no Is posted in the matter, that the
cars engaged by Sheriff Curry to 90
COllierville to bring TO the city as
any hundIed negroes, were attached
the late night train on the Memphis
Id Chanest0n railroad last night. A ,
'akeman was placed on the front
Of the rear car, On !
a point a few miles from the
ty, the brakeman noticed q momenta- ;
slack in the speed of the train, but !,
nd no attention TO it, the cars again /,
their usual speed. The cars i
ere then upon the top of a slight grade, :
I'd on nearing the foot of the grade the
stepped TO the side of the plat
rm to look ahead, and, TO his surprise,
W the engine and train, minus the four
npty cars, about half q mile ahead.
e then made an effort to signal the
lin with his lamp, but the first swing
gave it caused the bottom TO fall out !
to the ditch. He then thought the !
st thing TO do would be to stop the
rs, which he did, and on examining :
e couplings of the front car, found that !
G pin connecting the coupling link
on going over a rough place IN the I
Id jOtted Ota, thus cutting loose from I
train the four cars in which the ne !
pes were TO have been brought to the 9
y. The AIS left standing on the I
ok were pushed into the city to-day i
cad of the freight train. e
Colonel A. p. Curry was Sheriff Of I
elby county when all these things oc- I
rred. The above ventilation Of his {
Iciai and political career certainly JUS I
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