Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-09-04
DISORDERS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

ca FROM THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER OF FRIDAY
The worst fears of the friends Of order appear to have
last evening morning paper which has taken no pains
TO conceal its hostility the Wing candidate for the Pre-
sidency and which therefore be considered very fair
authority to cite against the Democrats conesses that
the Democratic primary elections last evening turned
out 70 be Of violence disorder and bloodshed
PARALLEL in the city Of New York" II is reported thaf
the meeting in the First Ward held In cellar in Co
dar street. surrounded by drunken ruans who frequent
y exchanged blows with each other and must have de-
TERED respectable citizens from attempting to reoch the
polls About eight o'clock the ballot-box was forcibav
seized by faction who carried il house in Trinity
place and there counting the votes declared their can
dates elected. The other faction protested.
At the polls in the Second Ward there was some fobf
ing during the early part Of the evening" but platoon OF
policemen arrived and maintained order so that the ele
ton here to have been conducted with oerabe a.
gree Of fairness The may be said Of the meetings IN
the Third, Fifth Seventh Twelfth, and Fifteenth Wards
In the Fourth Ward there terrible riot oeasiope.
chiefly, is said by the differences between the respeev
friends OF Doctors Hilton and 0Donne medical ecntIs-
men, who both hold to the Democratic faith enertfr
snguary diverse opinions concerning selection Of cam
ddae for the Office Of One Of the inspectors was 20
yerely mareated by 0Donnete whereupon the Hl.as
ties became furious Bricks bottles paving stones and gur
other missiles could conveniently be procured wer
hurled to and fro very freely and black eyes
sal organs and other marks Of violence the natural re-
suit If reports true the political doctors will have bury
week in pssterng and avng the wounds Of their begersn
friends Victory perched upon the banners Of Hilton
In the Sixth Ward Of course there fighting bu,
the Hunker majority overwhelming that the feeble re-
s1nce maae oy he Barnburners was promptly queed In
the Eighth Ward the other hand the Barnburners were i'm
superior force and the battle although sharp fierce was
also Of short continuance In the Ninth Ward there was
rocous struggle between the friends Of the ticket headed
s. Brcwne and those Of the ticket headed VIM j. Brislry
The inspectors finally threw the baotbox out of the Windows
into The hands OF man who with il the station
house where the votes the rsSy ticker
was pronounced triumphant In the Tenth the disturb
ances were not so violent but the inspectors deemed Il t
dent TO eope with the balobox the fence the
house where the meeting held.
In the Eleventh. Thirteenth Fourteenth Sixteenth Egh-
nanth and upnr w
violence we're enacted Among the persons injured during
the riot in the Nineteenth Ward Mr. Enoch Camp we'd
known Tammany Hall declaimer who is said
much hurt that u doubtful whether he can recover
There were two primary meetings in the Seventeenth Ward
and the members Of each faction thus kept apart
This narrative of the sorderly proceedings which disgrace
ed the city last evening ought respectable
Of the Democratic party the necessity Of recung their pm
mary meetings hereafter from the control Of rowdes And
we should think that many Of them will feel mpeled 70
buke their dordery copartsans by epudatng nominations
effected by Of violence.