New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-25

they could not carry destroy the bs, boxes even
| Il the house had to be torn down
Sirfeerh Hayd-There was & sharp contest in this
ward ard the Hunksrs made desperate ,ush They
| were defeated however. and the Barnhurner ticket
headed by A s vosburgh and Ira B. Davis wen, in
There wss little skirruishing in the manly art Of
selfdefense." but no serious damage occurred.
| Seventeenth Ward Considerable excitement PEE
vailed ut the polls in this Ward and two three
rows took place A few bloody noses and broken
pares Of glass resulting therefrom. The vote on bong
declared in favor Of the "SoftShels. some intirns-
tons Of an approaching squall were uttered and the
| Note Book Of Reporter suffered some from he
| hands ola Hard shelter A policeman passed BY
Of the fun was progressing. but he probably
thought would be pity to spoil il. He, therefore,
went his way rejoicing in the prospect OF broken
| heads
Eighteenth Vdrd-Thcre was q smart contest IN THIS
Ward between the Hard and Soft Shells" The lat
ter had al the Inspectors on their side and denying
admission to all of the opposite stamp gave rise to
charges of unfarness in the reception and counting of
votes alleging that they had poed four votes to the
softShelIs one On the other side the hshelIs pro-
tested sgsnst the insinuatons OF the Hard Shells and
asserted their readiness testify under oath TO the sc
OF the ballot box being all right before depositing
any of the and the correctness of the canvass
The majority for the Soh-Shells was lis.
Ninstccrh Ward-Al passed of very quietly in this
Ward The Soft Shells had sll their own way, or
very peariy so The cry OF Down with usurpstion
or dictaiion of the General Committee" being almost
unanimous
Trenfie.h Hard-Here there uproaxious
time and voting and zhting and drinking and drinking
and sighting and voting made day Of it The Barn
burners rallied under Theodore MARITIME, but sig
nsly defested. There was no riot
The LATE RAILROAD ACCIDENT At SPUVrEN
DurvIL CREEK Coroners IaqEisi,ion -ysrdict Of The
Jury-The Coroner held inquest last evening at the
residence of Mr.. Williams in Tenth-sv, Thirty
frst.st, upon the body Of Patrick Casey, who was
killed on Monday night last by accident on the Had
! son River Railroad.
The following gentlemen were sworn "a Jurors
John Mair-, Joseph Tebout o. 5 ODER, w. Harris;
| John Turrure and d. B. Sanford.
The following evidence adduced;
| wv Petty sworn say,-l live Q. Hampstead L L.. and
is. about .andown was on board my vessel yins
the Hudson River Railroad bridge. at Spuyten Duyvil
ea ,n s s NJ H.spSs the bridge tender wess and
holstcd red signal to the nohwsdi dter when ne
roSsh tna the 81 through affair which r Ravens
proceeded to shut the draw BE- had got one hall Of the
draw nearly when heard tram coming. the whistle
blown and supposed they going TO stop at the
house which short distance from the bridge the
tran at full speed until within short distance OF me
draw when they Stacked up Mr. Hsve~ jumped u?on the
track up both his hands crying for them TO stop
WAS however late and the speed had
been checked the engine tender and six or seven DIRT cars
dashed he adons into the creek Sp of one mother
took Of my and went ashore met several men
coming W iom the the first voice heard from the
water ives Of who said his legs broken and he
could help hmsef rope was htched tor the purpose
motive and tender when they pulled the peshe essi
peer said il him. snd desired them TO desst coored
named Joseph Bounty then got ackscfow and Pro-
eeeded in boat force apart the engine and tender
Bounty endeavonns to relieve the engineer fe man
Mr. Hsyens gave red signal to 20 up tho road and
stop the down trains when returned they had got the
ad not SEE HIM / am eop6dent the red signal wasdis
payed there slight curve IN the road when IA "a my
om y. 70 eight rnuute.thsr the lights hosed the
engineer could have the light he had ooked tor
which he was obliged 10 look were unfavorabe to himi
the red sn believe, signal TOR the Trains 20 SOP
;nk the nsneer could have sesntne ssna ~ 'e''' "'
mile off,
George Ga,y.e" .wOrnssys live at kiny,bridsc, sns
~: sSB';n S5 .n .s at syuysea Bowl
Hudson River Railroad Monday afternoon last and had
ABOUT o yards When the sss.ssp bSSs9h saw Mr.
UAyens make every effort to stop the tram wnsn uss
the aD wa. standing s about ie s .nsn vss
quarters of a mile from the bridge the sht would have
been visible ct point from where hrs' aT me ot
yards Oft the zne teLde and all the ears except me
heh Wa re1 and I had he been a
tending to his business the accident would not nave mp
iosn r. IIarens sworn.-ssy. reside o. Yonkers; my
business attend the dawbridse at sguytsn Duy,
70 five O'clock on Monday afternoon the 2th
inst after the train had passed got up 20 change me
shts looked 10 see n the rsss ram ,Ss fan wbs %
red and also the rsnal boards red both ways TINS a.
.n yroe~ed@d /. raise the trusss th.t the bridge
could be swung; Captain Gauson who stood On hs non
de with me- passed aeross 'hn ocsossd 10 .wns
he dnw he then paced through and closed oneha q
the draw after him. then looked up asd saw sue
trai approaching about half mile OH then noticed
passiug over elose the other hail. that ihe ensn
err ss,ea prolonged whistle a. II ne W. spprossmat
station: | knew something ~n wong a. was nos
whistle 20 break up; thos st to close t rest OF the drsw
but finding had not nule ran snort asAnoo o"a1
The engine and swusg my hat, and hahoed, Tor 'n9
ppTpo.s OF making some impression upon them
thnk he blew of no steam; stood on sne lei. nana
aide when | halloed; rhe enEines look oai on
h.t de did NOT see tho eosdgctor tho train WA then
within about 30 feet Of the draw they al wen. oAcep'
he platform cars Of she men s,s On me rear OF pss
a,, ear and nearly all Of thsm thrown INTO the 4
.r Immediately after sent lghts up aud down the fosn,
stop the trains either way my asa po,ns 90 aat We
no, s OUT except the deceased after the engineer Wa 90.
out said that ne els the hand % n,
search Tor the missing man. but could not hnd h. .. ,y
one Else; then proceeded 20 make temporary oass ~,
out but ,aw him ward the conductors name s -
smith the signals PLAIN cnoash 70 ,. seen TWO ss
ter abs,r spuyten Duyvl Greek the 18th station am
on that station the passenger tram Pssso "e
81 the eock struck 81 held white hsnI ior as.
nss.sd The conductor Of the gravel train called out al
pb,d - hs men IN cot on and held white light Tor
ihsm before hey started vailed some distance 0 .ss5S
th. bridge and locke tor their hS oas saw hcne
rsS lii At The bridge; il was difficult matter 10 see
he red sht could have been there nrst ana not SO
,II remained outside until the train went hronSn tas
hide wher the train passed the conductor was as9a
a. a. middle car and tie engineer could have oppeu 20
tween the time the whistle waso Town 'n' q"
Ter,-n. spias. sworn--ssys, hive at spa,tss pa{v.
Cre.k and an hsgmsn Station IL! eighty roas oeion
bSss he red hzht was hoisted Immediately AFTER IN
.nt,ip nss I'd char xsd when Mr. Ravens cnan se'
hs Ii va displayed 10 or Is alnnts Ss.ee me go
TN came alons the body Of PatTcs CaseJ ns "
~. sidss ana identdsd Ihase Known hr soIne tuna
The cr,e was here closed and after brief sarnmn a.
ND BY the Coroner, given TO the Jary Amer an 40
,epce of about Is minutes they rendered the foo"n!
verdict That Patrick Casey 10 his death By 10