The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-09
4 RADICAL GREE BALLOT."
Outrageous Violence of the MacEeyites
Towards the BowenItes-A Pleasah'
Primary Election. - - -

| In accordance with an advertisement oi L.
B. Artson, county chairman, polls we're open'
ed in the various wards ct four O'Clock yes'ei-
day afternoon, for the election OF deleea'es
| from the Bowen faction of the haaica
party to the Radical county cosventlon'
which meets In this city on Thursua1'
the 18th instant. AS early. as noon fumUt y!
vas prevalent upon the streets that Q iorcio,e
ATTEMPT TO prevent the election would be mace
| by the Mackey faction some time auiins 'a'
evening, but the statement gained h.'ie o.u ~,
dence. The polls were to be kept open III
nine O'Clock in the evening. Two pohcemen
uere stationed at each precinct. The voting
proceeded quietly until about eight O'Clock,
when an attempt was made by several persons
to seize the ballot box at the precinct Of Ward
No. 2, on Meeting street, opposite ST. Mlchaers
alley. This, however, was frustrated by the
prompt interference of Lieutenant Chapman,
of the police force, who happened to be near
by. At the precinct of Ward z, on Nassau
street, near Columbus street, at about the
same hour, three colored men, said. to be
Josiah Brown, Abram Taylor and Samuel
Mahers, made rush at the ballot box and sue
ceeded In capturing 1t. An exciting chase down
Nassau towards Mary street followed. A
crowd of about twenty persons, including the
managers OF the election, yelling vigorously,
pursued the robbers, and fred two pistt l-shots
at them. The latter, concluding that the sltua-
ton was getting too hot, dropped the box and
made good their escape.
The managers Of the precinct In Inspection
street, Ward 8, were assai!ed by much
larger crowd, armed With knives and clubs,
and headed by Robert Mears and Mike Terry.
Here The mob were completely successful 10
securlne the ballot-box. Mr.. Robert Turner,
one of the managers, was cut on the hand. 3g
AT The Berresford street precinct, Ward 4
two attempts were made TO capture the bal
lot-box, and the last, about eight O'Clock,
proved successful. A similar attack was
made on the polls of Ward !, In Chalmers
street. with the same result AT Wards and
5 the election passed off quietly.
The mob which seized the ballot-box In
Ward afterwards. repaired. TO the house of
County Commissioner Mclaughlin, and great
ly annoyed the inmates by yelling. ueiDg
threatening language aud firing several pistol
shots.
Tne delegates chosen to represent the
several wards In the county convention were
az follows: In those wards where the boxes
were lost, there being, with triflng excep-
tions, but one ticket voted, the managers de-
cisred in favor OF the regular ticket:
Ward John A. Freeman, Chas. 8. Davis,
G. F. Burke, Paris NJ. Williams, j. B. E. Chase,
ward 2-H. 9. Thomas, o. R. Levy. samuel
Elliott, F. C. Miller, Samuel Glover, M. d.
Dingle.
Ward 3-Thomas Aiken, J. W. Lloyd, C. 8.
Miller, Arthur Mitchell, r. W. Turner, Garrett
Ward &C. C. Bowen, Henry Norris, W. R.
81. Hampton, J. D. Robertson, Moses Wyross,
= Ward "a sii03SnT.D 5@% r Dart J. A. Godfrey, 8. R.
Cox. w. A. Grant, r. Nelson. P. Saulters, Jr. :.
Ward GA. McCloud, T. G. Dnpre, Richard
Dickerson, M. q. Collins, A. Mccoy, y. e..
Ward III. J. Grant, N. A. Quinn, John
Gordon, Samuel Noisette, J. Q. sMeNe!il, J. d.
Ward s-N. T. Spencer, Edward Weston.
p N. Gregorie, W. E. Burke, Edward u. Lc-
gan, L. J. Taylor.