Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-07
The returns from eight wards and tWel'
districts show the following vote:
INCIDENTS.

INCIDENTS.
One cOlored patriot from the country, OF
the Independent persuasion as TO politics,
visited the Tenth Ward early in the day,
and attempted to deposit his ballot, but
found he was unable TO properly answer
the conundrums propOunded him by Mr..
Tom Morris, one of the challenges at that
point. Turning away somewhat disap-
pointed. but not at all discouraged, he foot
ed il over 10 the Fifth Ward with Mr.. e.
y. Davis not far behind him. Reaching
the Fifth Ward voting place, Mr.. Davis
found his man crowding his way to the
Judges stand, and efiectually put stop to
his voting at that point. Then that sable
patriot, fully approaching the inestimable
value of the ballot in a free gov
eminent, mOseyed down Summer street,
headed toward the Opera House, where the
Fourth Ward ballots were being deposited,
with the patient, perseyering Davis in close
pursuit. The probability is that the indie
pendents finally failed to receive that
darkey's ballot.
A couple of drunken negroes endeavored
to create disturbance at the voting place
of the Sixth ward, but were Immediately
taken in charge by the police.
About IL O'Clock a negro went into the
Union AND AMERICAN cOunting-rOom,
and said a gentleman around on College
street had sent him after 200 tickets.
"Who was il? p inquired our watchful
business man.
II don't know de gemman,n said the ne
gro, 'he had red whiskers all under here,
drawing his hand around his deceitful
throat.
He was told to 90 back and tell the man
TO send an order, if he wanted any tickets.
He withdrew with detected look and did
not return.
II was only a short time afterward that
the news spread over the city that Akers
and Patterson had had the names of D0rtch
and Heverin erased from some Of the
White Mans tickets, and their own inserted
instead with the same type. IL was very
easy for our business man to connect this
miserable dodge with The eTTand Of the
negro who came for tickets without an
order. and 60 see that the ''red whiskeTed'
man was fxed in order 10 make believe
that the chairman of the Democratic Exec
utive Committee was the man who wished
the tickets.
Thirtv-fiye natives of the Emerald Isle
marched To the Fifth Ward polls in body
and deposited rs many ''slTaight-Out' bal
lots, and then quietly returned To their
shops like law-abidiug citizens.
4 cnlored man, who lives on the line be-
tween the Sixth and Tenth Wards, being
unable 10 locate himself, vibrated betw, en-
the voting places of those wards all after
noon. and entirely missed his chance 10
vote.
sIf the whole ticket is elected, I'm going
10 drink something Tomorrow exclaimed
an enthusiastic worker yesterday. 'Well,
you're booked for drunk, then, respond
ed byStander.
One harl-working Democrat secured
thirty-one colored votes in the Second
Ward for the straight ticket.
Mr.. RAYMOND Sloan dashed in 4 distance
of Ia miles, reaching the city early yes
terday morning, in order to devote his tai
EMS and energies 10 the white mans ticket.
The altered ticket, wherein the name Of
Patterson was substituted for That Of Hev-
erin. made their appearance first in the
Fourth Ward and in half an hours
time the news had been carried to every
voting place in the city, where il was re-
ceived with emphatic condemnation, and
means adopted at once to render the con-
temptible fraud failure.
"The groceries have been very kind 10
me-yery kind, indeed remarked gen
tleman contemplatiVely last night as he
rested from his lab0rs. generally foundthe
back doors open when wanted a private
interview With the boys, started out with
S22 and think I've thiTty-6ve