NAMES of persons voted for, and for what office, containing the number of votes given for each candidate.

We do hereby certify that Seabury Ford, had one hundred and twenty-six votes for Governor; J. B. Weller, had one hundred and thirty-seven votes for Governor. J. Crowel, had one hundred and thirty-four votes for Representative to Congress; R. P. Ranney, had one hundred and thirty-three votes for Representative to Congress. Peter Voris, had one hundred and thirty-one votes for Senator; Lucius Swift, had one hundred and thirty-six votes for Senator. D. L. Rockwell, had one hundred and thirty-two votes for Representative; George Sheldon, had one hundred and twenty-nine votes for Representative. Carnol Mason, had one hundred and thirty-one votes for Com

missioner; Frederick Daniels, had one hundred and thirty-six votes for Commisioner. E. P. Brainard, had one hundred and seventeen votes for Anditor; J. G. McBride, had one hundred and fifty-one votes for Auditor. A. W. Stocking had one hundred and fifteen votes for Sheriff; John Gillis, had one hundred and fifty votes for Sheriff. E. Needham, had one hundred and thirty-one votes for Coroner; Jas. Woodward, had one hundred and thirty-four votes for Coroner. D. W. Jennings, had one hundred and thirty-four votes for Poor House Director; Lyman Hine, had one hundred and thirty-three votes for Poor House Director.

Dear Sir: As you have been proclaimed duly elected Representative to the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, by the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of this county of Portage, to whom the returns for this said county were made, under and by virtue of the election held on the 10th inst., in said county and state aforesaid; and hold your certificate of election of Representative aforesaid, from said clerk: You are therefore hereby notified that I having been a candidate for Representative to the House of Representatives in said State, at the same election, and being then and now an elector of said county, will contest the validity of your election as such representative, and your right to a seat in the said House of Representatives, upon the following grounds, to wit:

1. Upon the ground that the Judges of election held on the said 10th inst., in the township of Windham, in said county of Portage, made an erroneous return for me to the clerk aforesaid, at his office in Ravenna, of said county, by certifying the vote for Representative given for me, David L. Rockwell, as given for Daniel L. Rockwell; whereby you were made to appear to have received, at said election, 28 votes, and myself none at all; whereas I in fact did receive, under my true name of David L. Rockwell, 161 votes.

2. Upon the ground the judges of the said election, held on the 10th inst., in Franklin township, of said county of Portage, made an erroneous return for me to the clerk aforesaid, at his office in Ravenna of said county, by certifying the vote for Representative given for me, David L. Rockwell, as given for E. L. Rockwell, whereby you

were made to appear to have received, at said election, 129 votes, and myself none at all; whereas, I did in fact receive, under my true name of David L. Rockwell, 132 votes.

You are further hereby notified, that Henry L. Tilden, and Israel Forker, Esquires, justices of the peace within and for Ravenna township, in said county of Portage, are the justices of the peace, who will officiate at the taking of the depositions of the parties, to the contest aforesaid, and that they will attend for the purpose of taking the same, at the office of Henry L. Tilden, Esq., on the 31st day of October, A. D. 1848, between ten o'clock A. M., and six o'clock P. M.; and again on the first day of November, and from day to day thereafter, between the hours of ten o'clock A. M., and six P. M., of said last days, respectively, as long as is necessary to close said testimony. DAVID L. ROCKWELL,

Candidate and elector as aforesaid of the county of Portage. Thursday, October 19, 1848.

The foregoing is a copy of a notice which I left at the residence of George Sheldon, in Mantua, this 19th day of October, A. D., 1848.

WILLIAM WADSWORTH.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 31st day of October, A. D., 1848. DARIUS LYMAN, Master Commissioner in Chancery of the Court of Common Pleas, Portage county and State of Ohio.

DEPOSITIONS of Willis Strickland, Giles Hodges, and others, taken at the Office of Henry L. Tilden, in Ravenna, Portage county, Ohio, on the 31st day of October, A. D., 1848.

Agreeably to the enclosed notice, to be read in evidence in a contested election, before the House of Representatives, of the State of Ohio, Wherein David L. Rockwell, of Portage county, Ohio, an elector and candidate for Representative, of said county, in the State Legislature of the State of Ohio, at the election on the 10th of October, 1848, is contestor, and George Sheldon, contestee; and said David L. Rockwell, contestor, contests the right of George Sheldon, contestee, to a seat in the House of Representatives of Ohio, taken before Henry L. Tilden and Israel Forker, justices of the peace of Ravenna, Portage county aforesaid.

Willis Strickland, of the county of Portage, of lawful age, being first duly sworn, as hereinafter certified, deposes and saith:

That he was one of the judges of the election in Windham township, Portage county, Ohio, on the 10th day of October, A. D., 1848,

and officiated as such on that day, and he was the judge that read the tickets as they were counted. It appears from the original poll book, now in possession of the town clerk, that there were one hundred and eighty nine votes polled at said election, and it appears, from said poll books, that David L. Rockwell, had one hundred and sixty one votes, and that George Sheldon had twenty eight votes, for Representative. Directly after the votes were counted, the votes were put into the box, which was placed in the possession of Theron Wales, the township clerk, as I supposed. The ballots and poll book, here presented, appear to be the same that were used on the day of election. He has not seen the tickets or poll book since the election until now. In this place, the contestor proposes and insists that the tickets or ballots, and poll book, be attached to and made a part of this deposition, and the same is done with the endorsement of the letter A thereWILLS STRICKLAND.

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Philander Robbins, being of lawful age, and duly sworn, as hereinafter certified, deposeth and saith:

That he was one of the judges of the election in Windham township, Portage county, Ohio, on the 10th day of October, 1848, and officiated as such on that day, and he was the judge that strung the tickets as they were counted. He thinks he saw the tickets or ballots after they were counted and strung, put into the ballot box, and locked up by Theron Wales, the township clerk. The ballot box was put into the possession of the township clerk, as he supposed.

The poll book which I hold in my hand, marked A, is the same that was made out at the election referred to; from which it appears, that there were one hundred and eighty nine votes polled for Representative, at said election, and it appears that David L. Rockwell had one hundred and sixty one votes for Representative, and that George Sheldon had twenty eight votes for the same office.

I was the judge that made the returns of said election to the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.

PHILANDER ROBBINS.

Edmund Yale, of lawful age, being first duly sworn, as hereinafter certified, deposes as follows:

I was one of the judges of the election in Windham township, Portage county, Ohio, on the 10th day of October, A. D., 1848, and officiated as such on that day. I was the judge that took the tickets or ballots out of the box, opened them, and handed the same to Mr. Willis Strickland to read.

After the votes were strung, I think I saw Mr. Theron Wales, the township clerk, put the tickets into the box, and lock them up.

According to the poll book here presented, there were one hundred and eighty nine votes polled for Representative at said election, and from said poll book it appears that David L. Rockwell had one hundred and sixty one votes for Representative, and that George Sheldon had twenty eight votes for the same office.

The poll book here present, marked A, is the same that was made out at said election. EDMUND YALE.

Also, at the same time and place, Theron Wales, of lawful age, being first duly sworn, as hereinafter certified, deposes as follows:

I am township clerk of Windham,-I was clerk of the election, in Windham township, in the county of Portage, Ohio, held on the 10th day of October, A. D., 1848. I kept the talley of the votes as they were read off by the judges of the election. After the votes were counted and strung, I put them into the ballot box and locked the same. The ballot box, ballots and poll book, have been in my possession since the election, up to the present time, and are the same, here present. The poll book here present, marked A, is the same that was made out at said election.

From the poll book it appears that the whole number of votes, polled for Representative, in Windham township, is one hundred and eighty nine, and from which poll book it also appears that David L. Rockwell received one hundred and sixty one votes for Representative, and that George Sheldon received twenty eight votes for the same office. The poll books were made out by Mr. Milton J. Snow and myself.One of which is here present, the other was returned to the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, sealed up as required by law. The one returned to the clerk should have corresponded, and was intended to correspond, with the one here present, marked A, as before referred THERON WALES.

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Also, at the same time and place, Milton J. Snow, of lawful age, being first duly sworn as hereinafter certified, deposes as follows:

I was one of the clerks of the election in Windham township, in the county of Portage, Ohio, held on the 10th day of October, A. D. 1848. I kept the tally of votes as they were read off by the judges of election. After the votes were counted and strung, Mr. Theron Wales, the township clerk, put the ballots in the box, which was locked by him.

The poll book here present, marked A, is the same that was made out at said election by me, and the same is correct. From which it appears that one hundred and eighty nine votes were polled for representative in the State Legislature; and from which it also appears, that David L. Rockwell received one hundred and sixty-one votes for representative in the State Legislature of Ohio, and that George Sheldon received twenty-eight votes for the same office.

The poll book sealed up and returned to the clerk of the court of common pleas, by the judges and clerks of said election, should have corresponded, and was intended to have corresponded, with the one here present.

MILTON J. SNOW.

Also, at the same time and place, Giles Hodges, of lawful ing first duly sworn, deposes as follows:

I was one of the judges of election in Franklin township, Portage county, Ohio, on the 10th day of October, A. D. 1848, and officiated as such that day. I was the judge that read the tickets, a part of which I took out of the box and a part of them were handed to me

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