The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-04
City lsOlitIcs.

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eonact. The following will be fooni to be as "ful
true and particular an account % " is possible to os
tain OF the whole affair
The appears to be Of the c sc'er that 10
TO the explosion before the primary sIesh ons and u
actors In the prssty mucls tAs same as TO
Ssnsfs pcyscne In the former rows
II Is well known that thero two scotia ns In th
general comnisteethe hunkers and baei slsss on on
aide and the barn burners and soft sheu the other
Thee two fectons have been very cit and th'
war of the dog day. has broken ont again on ts very
eve OF the winter sostice 1t then a,sSut tss in
spectors OF primary elections and is nox.sbout the
same Aisg The hunkers and the lard shells were ths
majority the mittee and Whist the othe, section
who In the minority strength they odcavsr
TO make sp by airoitness and by occasional couy
d.at.
Last Thcrsdsy evening the reguos meeting night
Of the coanitee The committees term OF Office ends
this month"; and the call Of tho meeting to prcytde
their and make the necessary arrange
msnts for the primary elections The NOMINAL hour.
Visual half past o'clock. As business Is
done till about eight o'clock only two or three Of the
hunksrs came at half past o'clock especially
they did not apprehend any danger Of rhine being
sprung upon them for want Of punctuaty Some OF the
hunkers, however, were punctual but to their great
astonrbment they found, entering the at half
past o'clock that the barn burners before
hand with them and that John A. Kennedy was In the
chair, the meeting organized, and full attend
ance OF tha: section They immediately took
tempt play unfair upon them and act over
again the scenes Of last summer and fall The regular
% % was "a mr. schei VINO was not thsn present ana
this thing very unusual and that this premature at
tendance OF the barnburner and organization Of the
meeting the counterpart OF what took place tho
10th Of July last, the only time that they
derfuy puDctua There evidently soms unfair de-
sign In view. On the former OCCASION call was intro
dnced and red which however rescnded BY the
majority Of the committee the 9th Of August ratified
eli ctons and by the recent elections In November when
the county ticket carried in spite of the ndous op
position OF the minority of the committee OF whore
members had done their best to defeat It, though the
leader Of that faction John Van Buren, had declared ut
the ratification meeting at Tammany Hall tina. the
ty ticket the very best selected for fteen years.
Mr.. JOHN A KENNEDY defended himself by saying hs
never voted for who obtained his nomination BY
ffavd and he would
Mr. L. b. snrp.np defended his course since Jsa7 He
said he was originally bunker, but that his object ia
taking part with the was to concliate thea
for be knew they could get their votes while they
called them traitors
While the discussion was proceeding thus Mr. schsu
made his appearance mt eight O'Clock and Mr. J. Ken
nedy retired from the chair which Mr. sche then
pied
The hunkers being drummed up by messengers soon
appeared in full force and the excitement every
increased there being ordinations and recrminatons
on both sides.
Mr. L. b. SuErARD at length took paper out OF HIS
pocket which was call for the primary elections aud
which he moved follows:-
city
,s & the ra u s,s
December instant, tet~ cen thu hours Of and for ths
Republican General i've dsiesa.ss to tho Demo.
e,atis Sepuboan Young Men General oommssse snd
tton district IN the wsrd
Be WaS
as,ertss an ia the pnAIp and Naodi Demoera, three
aay, prior = the election
Resoiyed Tha the republican electors of the
% l wh % aas os sSs
are I9qucstsd q attend primary election, TO be
the foartssa.H d.yof DscenSe, instant s.tvssa tho
hours 81 ss, nsd M nns , p. ,ps tno Re
o. tho General Commit Tor the 1853 Ward Con
the Democratic Republican Young Man Gsa-
Keoved That the primsr- election be held at tho plaoes
desigus,es and the foori named persons be-
Here followed the names Of the inspectors and the
places at which the meetings we're to be he In the seve
Mr. srcRLrs tauntsd Mr.. Shepard, Mr. Kennedy, and
their friends with inconsistency, last summer they
took away the appointment of inspectors nom ths
Ward committees, and gave II to the members OF the
General Committee Of each ward. The call Of tho
9TH OF August gave it to the General Committee In
body In principle, both plans the fame and
plan Of the 5h Of August was approved of by tbs Nomi
mating Conventions in Tammany Hail. and by the result
of the late elections The matter had been brought for
ward in the syrtsuse Convention by John Van Buren,,
Nr. Cogklan, asA Mr. Shepard and the course of tho
minority decided against. aud that OF the msjorty
sisted Of soft shells evident by the fact Of their
nominating Seymour for Governor and the 4c that they
the who acted under the control Of John Van
Buren, and Marcy the Baltimore Convention The 5yra-
Convention the highest authority the sub
sct and decided the matter The elections in November
under this policy the greatest trumphs OBJ
tanned and that without giving argeses to the Empire
Club or king to the Van Buren faction They had
been charged with fraud But how had they acted in
reference TO county ticket They gave the Office Of
Sheriff TO the poorest man on the ticket who had
nothing pay. In the preceding year the nomination
vtv fn nnanf fha HAT in Inn eftu nnfth
General Committee had set their face against using
money in e ctons and hence the opposition they had
met from who had been formerly paid for their serv
The discussion here became very animated and heated
particularly between Messrs sickles Kennedy and shep-
motion then made by Mr. yosnuRGn, Of ths
Sixteenth ward, to strike out the inspectors Dsusd by
MIR sickles for the Sixteenth ward and substituting
Others in their stead also changing the place Of meet
ing for the primary election In that ward
This was test vote and was carried by the hunkers
1t and twenty four in its favor The hunkers tels
that they had matters all their way considering that
four of their number absent from this vote namely
= Nessrs harrington and Tweed. OF the Seventh ward:
Mr.. Wiley OF the Twelfth and Mr.. Ridabock Of the
Similar amendments we're proposed by Mr. McCarthy
Of the Nineteenth ward and Mr. Leonard of the second
ward and lost
propo tion was then made by Mr.. Mulgsn Of the
First ward hunker to hold the primary elections from
sunrise I'LL o'clock This ,'or va saop,sa peg ,,,.
to be put when Mr. John >. Austin, and one or two
Others entered the room and uttered threats lie
requested by chairman retire. not being
ber lie refused to do and took seat. The chsrnsn
then depued Mr. Mcintyre. Of the Fifteenth ward aud
Mr. Leonard Of the Second ward to go TO tbs station
house and obtain a police force TO protect the
committee. there being at this tms Tremendous
forcs outside shouting and endeavcring to come
in Mr. BARR then requested Mr. Austin TO leave
lie agreed do but signal cry being given ct the
instant the door burst in and torrent OF men with
their hats their sleeves tucked up and wsll PINNED
with drink rushed forward of them nsiog pepper
boxes tumbers and some chairs and Whatever mis-
ses phrenzy could supply at the obnoxious heads Of the
Uuuker section Of the committee while others used their
fists vigorously Tie was frightsul. The lights
were extngushed, and the yells made night hideous
The committee broker up, and the members
compelled fly by various through which they
were pursued by their assaants Mr. Schel stuck
by chair and his scalp cut fom the OF the
head down to the temple. The injufy verysevere.
The wound stitched and dressed bY DR. Hilton, aud
Mr. sche Is since confined to the house We have
heard that In the confusion and the darkness SONS
bers of the banburner section received knocks intended
for others