Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-04-15
NEW YORK ELECTION.

The Charter Election for the City commenced on
Tuesday last, aud closed OH Thursday Evening. 1,
has unq'lestionubly been of the most animated
contests that has taken place i'm that City. The
shops were generally shut up; and large and excl
ted population thus poured into the streets. The
papers full of the riots that broke out at the polls
and in the Wards. Much violence was used on both
sides The presses of both parties are full of crimi-
nations and recrimnations. The struggles in the
9th Ward especially, must have been very violent
We extract the following postscript from the Jour-
nal of Commerce, rs the last and most striking
scene of the whole:
"HoRRIBLE WORK AGAiN.-Whil we were penning
the last paragraph adresdui ot took place in
just above the Park, in which large number Of persons
have been most seriously injured-some Of them much
So rs TO endsngrr their lives little alter o'clock the
sailors belonging to the Wing party went up Broadway
with their ship the Constitution, and whilst passing Ma
sonic Hall, three cheers They had scarcely done
when several hundred fsllows from the 9Th Ward
rushed up Duane street. and tackled them mo-. uriousiy
The Committee at the Masonic Hall to the assistance
OF their friends but the disparity of numbers was so gre
tfat they were obliged TO into the Hail. pursued
~ large number Of the mob. In few minutes the
Mayor arrived accompanied by Ogden Hoffman, ESQUIRE
the District Attorney aud party OF police aud waichmen
As soon Is the Mayor aud his party appeared they were
instantly attacked by the mob; the himself
o severe blow, aud the District Attorney was knocked
down.
bloody ARRAY ensuei between the mob AMI those
who supported the civil authorities Amongst the many
who were seriously injured, Joseph Blunt, E.o.
Captain Sinclair, Joseph l.. Hays, constable Mr. Dun.
shee, the Police Officer
Besides these six men were carried TO ,he ho,paI
dangerously il not MORALLY wounded.
The citizens during the ARRAY got into the arsenal and
obtained muskets but We believe wero prevented from
carrying them away.
Ttco O'Clock. The riot has been qnelled for the mo-
ment aud several Of the rioer. arrested There great
reason TO fear however, that there will be worse tale to
tell before To- morrow.
such is the state Of excitement. that the people have
lost the guidance Of rearon, SC. SC.
~ request has been sent to the NAVY Yard and TO
Govsrnos Island Tor Assistance from the U. s. toops
The Journals state various particulars, which eve
ry TRENT OF order must regret to hear ofhut do
not yet see the name of any who has been muir
dered during the riots. MIR. Miner, of the American
office, was said to be severely wounded but ano-
ther account left him harranguing the mob, with
broken bludgeon in his hand. A MIR. Person was
also represented ny the Opposition papers to he kill
ed bur, snys the MY. Post, he is Salve to-day and
actively engaged, we understand, i'm eectioneerinc
wouders!"
Inc results were not ascertained when our last
mail left New York. An opposition letter from o.
T. o., Washington staes that Lawrence has carried
the day. as Mayor, by majority of from 158 to no.
The Pennsylvanan of Saturday last has the fol-
lowing articles on the subject:
an Ew York ELEcTIoNs-TRrUMPH OF THE FRrru
We have every reason TO suppose that the New York
Charter Election has terminated in the Triumph of De-
'nocrdcy over the Bank egions; that the
cmor OF the Bank presses, Laurence the Peoples
ddte mas been elected by about ue hundred fnajorty!
he nlI canvass, owing the dreadful dsiu in
"a' e"y U" thursday, whch were caused by the out
rageous conduct OF the aristocras, in throwing all their
forces into the sixth ward, did come to hand yeuer
day afternoon The following statement from the Journal
oil Commerce, however. Bank and Verpanck paper and
one certainly not disposed TO favor the jackson cause
be looked upon satisfactory the grand result From
II we are Justified in procaimng the overthrow of Bank
ism in New York We may be mistaken, and therefore
Jay me iul premises before our readers that they may
draw their own interenccs:
no'es po'ed In the different Wards, 35,II7
The greaiesiv vote ever before polIed In this city,
was sO.52e
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