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B2 . 1888863291213292.170 j2621G72408• f• 29 0098J2230653HODSSr, badThurs-2har*«-y, and es, but h;a T9-s found a sap-t a fowae was . him. svcn , orid ]Cg;in theling’.of 5e; and ve any r com-Diirnosehis parents,—and deeply VrilL.tbc community sympathise with them in thi* hour of dreadful alflicI ion.,JLIST O? SEX'Prom the ilftdi«yh Democrat.THE CANYAS3-TIIE CHARGES OFfraud:Those wlie for the last rear or two have read the columns of the Journal daily filled with' ‘' Lunatic Asylum Frauds.5’ and School Land Swindle*??. will have .been lit tie surprised to have round the same vigorous rhidoric employed Ui.i{morning upon a new subject—the olfichif .CniyraKf* by the St at» Board on Saturday jasl.Every rainu fcommon souse understands this,trick—it is that of a buy falling from an apple lr.ee who catches .the seat of his trowsers.to ' let himself down easy.5'The charges which the Journal makes against the honest}- of the Canvass., are us follows:. *' 1. In Adams eount}% 2 votes for *'Bars-tov—the Christian name bring, omitted— were thrown out by County Canvassers as informal. They were counted by tiie State'Canvassers. •2. In Jefferson county 4 votes weregiv-Corornittce.oter, Those psor\7 ado.Commit tea c. Fitzpati iek.Ju and Iversoni-Committee cBell, of Term.en for 4t Bashfqrd?'. They were rejectedby the Stale Canvassers !3. .In Monroe county, the town of Clifton. which gave 14 for Barstow to 3 for Bash ford, was rejected by' the County Canvassers, for the rea.son Lliat the town was never organized, and that no noticewas given'(hut a pool vault I be openedthere. It was received by the State Can-passersCommittee r Fi*h. Thompso Tenn.. and S!l Committee Johnson, Fool lory. _ 1.Committee mi n. Briggs, T Nelson,Committee c Rusk. Toombs Tenn.Committee sendcn, Geyer, Committee rmans, Reid. H;Committee c4, In Manitowoc, two towns were rejected—one giving Bash ford, find the other Barstow a majority—by she County Can-TflKKcrs, as inform ah A statement had been obtained from the Barstow town but none from the other, and Lhc -former wr,#. added in.?1. The 2 votes in .Adams Co.. w-?ro returned by the Clerk of lhe Board of Supervisors. according to law. Thy. Juitrnal does not eve* deny that.they should have been received.2. Not a vote for Coles Bash ford was ro-jected in Jefferson county. One vote for “William A; Bash ford ? in. th is county was the only one approximating to his name that waa thrown out. and there was just ,i* much authority for c.il'ing that Wij’imi A Barstow as for C'ctes. Ba.shford.3. The votes in tho town /f Cirnton. ! Monroe county, were honestly ' east. Iffraud existed it was*-on the part of the Shanghai County. Canvasser * which roicct-cey. Baj’ftfd*' C ' Committee • Rusk. Collamc of Ind. YuJee,Committee doll lid), of T of Tenn. and Couimkte.* lt;Clay. Thompf ami Sumnyr.-Committee t Icn. Mason, P Committee . Stuart. Brow KcncUm.Committee Fitzpatrick; F •Comini tteo Jones-of. low;Committee an s. Wright a . Committee ard. Jones, I Pratt and: II* Committee; patrick. Colla •Committee, and Bayard, CcroiMUr * Tow* and SmA SIG;
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