Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-10-03
POLITICAL.
THE GEORGIA ELECTION
RtOt mt the Polls,

AUGUSTA, GA, Oct. 2.-The election
passed off quietly. Richmond county
has gone Democratic by 500 majority, be-
ing gain on Bullock's election of over
two hundred votes. Returns come In
slowly and nothing official can be given
until tomorrow. There is no doubt of the
Democrats carrying the State by an over
whelming majority, securing Smiths cleo
ton by many thousands. Great excite
ment is manifested. The city is Illuminated.
Thousands of Greeley and Brown flags
were raised and saluted by fireworks and
cannon. E#--#-
MACON, GA, Oct. "A fight occurred
at the pol Is to-day, growing out OF another
attempt of the negroes to take forcible pos
sion of the polls, a device which they have
successfully practiced here for the last
three elections. Very early in the morn
ing they assembled at the city hall and
marched down to the polls at the court
house in a column under the command of
their captains and lieutenants and sar-
geants. There they found smaller crowd,
principally whites, and commenced crowd
ing upon them and forcing them away
from the polls. A few fisticuffs occurred
in the dense mass and then q discharge of
buckshot came from the negroes, followed
by an order from their leader, jeff. Long,
to fire upon the whites. In the course OF
a few seconds about fifty pistol shots were
discharged from both sides, by which one
white man was killed and some five or six
negroes wounded, two of fwhom have since
died. The attack came from the negroes
and these general facts are SubStantlated
by numerous affidavits before the vener-
able Judge Cole, of this circuit, who was
in the court house and himself witness
from the window that the negroes COM
menced the affray. After the affray,
which lasted but a few moments, one
bulk of the negroes left in haste and dis
order, swearing that they would give up
the election, as they had been driven from
the polls by violence and could get no
chance to vote. They massed again at the
city hall, where they were addressed by
the mayor, guaranteeing them perfect pro-
lection from a strong force of special police
which had been sworn in for the day and
free access to the polls. With few excep-
tions they refused to vote and many have
gone home. The whole of this deplOrable
affair is simply the result of another at
tempt by the negroes to carry this pre-
cinct by storm and a firm purpose of the
whites to prevent a repetition of the out
rage. All is quiet at this time.
SAVANNAH, GA, Oct. q, p, M.-Bry-
ant, deputy collector of this port, attempt
ed to create a riot at the polls to-day. He
was ordered off by a deputy sheriff. He
resisted anu attempted 10 draw pistol,
when he was struck over the head by the
officer and taken off, and is now in con-
finement.
The election thus far is progressing
quietly. p
Bradley, the negro who, for the past two
weeks, has been melting the negroes to
riot and incendiarism, left the city last
night for South Carolina, and has not yet
returned. .-. ti-
Reports from Liberty county say the
Democrats are ten to one. This is strong
negro county. The Radical leaders have
collected the poll tax from the negroes
and have given them bogus receipts, for
which they claim the right to vote.