Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-05-01

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Ivy pension fund. By the failure of III
hrst, IT. is said the government will be
loser to the amount of thirty thousand dol
lars, and by the latter, twenty thousand.
New YORK. Elections were held in til
lcity OF N. Y. for mayor and aldermen, tn
stb, 9th and 10th ult. The election wa
approached, as it was to be an unfailin,
test of the strength of parties; the shop
were closed, business suspended, and til,
whole attention given to the balot-boxes
and the disgraceful scenes which were act
LED around them. The result shows /; small
majority on the side of the Jackson and Re
gcncy party. Mr.. LAWRENCE, the demo
cratic, anti-bank candidate for mayor, is
elected, as stated in one account, by a
majority of l72, over Mr.. VERpLANcK. his
opponenent. Another and later accoun,
states Mr.. Lawrence's majority at 300
Ut the fifteen aldermen, sic are anti-bank
Van Buren, men,-ninc opposers of the ex-
pertinent. OF the assistant aldermen
eight arc of the Whig party, as the oppos-
ers OF the administration arc called, and
scren Iammany men; making thirteen ad-
ministration, and sepcnteen anti-adminis
tratIon men, in the common council, which
controls the patronage of the city. A New
York paper remarks "The office holders are
thrown into spasms in view of the result. y
Local elections were held at the same time
the state.
The qudlay and degree of spirit shown
at the election in the city, may be learned
from the following extracts from Niles
Register. if
The New York city election for mayor,
aldermen, &c. commenced on Tuesday the
9Th OF April, and was continued ON We'd
hesday and concluded on Thursday.
The parties seem to have been engaged
IN death struggle: the public officers and
al their dependents, with the friends of
The general and state governments, on the
one side-and the merchants, and traders,
and mechanics, and opponents of the gen
er1i and state governments, on the other.
Business of all sorts was nearly suspend
ed-at 10 NJ the flag of the union was
hotsted each day on the exchange, the
building was then deserted, and the stores
in all parts of the city generally closed,
that every man might go to the polls!
AT most of the wards in which the anti
Jackson MEN expected a majority, the cleo
ton proceeded as peacefully as could have
been hoped in such state Of excitement
but in the 9th and 18th wards there was
much violence and confusion. The former
has sometimes been called the oGce-hold-
ers ward, being the residence of many of
them, and the latter is thought to be the
strongest in their favor. In the 9Th, "the
party" commenced with general attack
on the committee room, of their opponents,
and possessed themselves of it, tearing
down the banners, and destroying the bal
lots, &c. Many were armed with blud-
yeons, and some with knives. They were
headed by an ex-alderman-and knocked
down about 20 persons, one man was re-
ported killed, and several injured, one SO
much so that lie was carried off hfeless,
but. recovering, he again took his place at
The polls. The mayor was called upon for
aid, but said that he could not render it, all
mis- force being already on duty. In this
emergency, meeting was called at the
Masonic Hall, and four thousand ''Whigs,"
attended it. Gen. Robert Bogardus was
called to the chair, and resolutions for the
of order, were passed.
A large meeting was again held at the
Hall at half past 7 o'clock, A. M.
on Wednesday, when it was plainly to be
seen that order would be preserved by the
application of force, il needed. Particu-
lar bodies of men we're rallied and prepar-
ed, and the mayor, sheriff, &c. exerted
being in attendance at the 9th
ward; and, though another great effort was
made to bring about general riot, and
many stones were thrown and bludgeons
used, the force present put it down, and at
one O'clock "wednesday, the polls were Of
easy access to voters. Several rioters,
(chlefy Irishmen), were arrested and sent
to prison-though violent attempts to res
cue them we're made, in which persons,
who ought to be regarded as gentlemen
were concerned. But they were defeated.
AT the llth ward the "Jackson men had
two private entrances to the poll room,
which they exclusively used for their own
friends, blocking up the private entrance!