The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-20
generally adopted, we shall hear Of less Of these
horrible calamities

KcheIuiy uuoINtus VIC shall uooI OF leSf OF tne~e
horrible calamites.
The trial for libel against Madame Jagello Toch-
man was commenced in Washington city yesterday.
The developments in this case will doubt attract
considerable attention, many of the leading
Hurgarians in the country are understood TO be
concerned in the affair
In the Board Of Assistant Aldermen, last evening,
ordinances concurred in for the issue of $500
coo New York Five per cent stock for docks aud
slips: 900 Croton water stock and Sio0,ooO
Public Buildings stock. The report in favor Of pur-
cbasing sixty nine Of land on Wards Island,
for . new city Cemetery, was taken up aud adopted,
Notwithstanding tho veto of the Mayor. The reso-
luton of the Board Of Aldermen, to appoint
mittee Of five from each branch Of the Common
Council. to tender the Inequalities Of the city
to The officers of the frigatc prince of Orange
was concuired in. and Messrs. Wells, Wood
ward Anderson, Rogers and Barker, nomi-
pated as that from this board committee Of
three, consisting Of Assistant Aldermen Bouton,
MCGOWAN, and Rodman, was also appointed to re-
ccive the Mayor and Corporation Of Savannah, now
in this city The Mayor of Detroit is also here and
should have received similar compliment. A
port was adopted, concuring with the Board Of Al
dermen to widen the walk in the Park, Immediately
in front Of the City Hall, as to give space
for reviews, parades, and receptions, to the ex-
tent Of sixty feet, between the platform steps AMI
the grass plots. The Board adjourned till to-mor-
| row evening.
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| amount of highly interesting reading matter, in
addition to a great variety Of advertisements,
among which are Auction Sales, Tenants Register.
Boarding Houses, Shipping, Amusements, &C., SC.
| The steamship Africa is now overdue ut this
port with three days later news from Europe.
The Corruption OF the Primary Elections.
The whig primary elections that have been carried
during the last week and the presen in this city,
exhibit more than the ordinary amount Of bribery,
corruption, and fraud, Of every description. The
way in which the primary elections, both Of wings
and democrats have been managed for several years
past in this city, is a subject Of comment and COM
plant among all classes; but remedy appears to
have been thought Of for The evil and respectable
citizens instead of going to those elections and TAX
ing such part in them as would keep the rowdes
and politicians in allegiance, have surrendered their
rights into their hands, and for tho most part have
kept aloof from the contest preferrng to mind their
own private business rather than be exposed to col
sion with DULLES, in minding the business of the
puUHC, WnlVu " cNViy uouy sUuSuCoo Ahu AVpouy o.
The result is that corruption prevails alarming
extent in these primary party elections which rule
and control the legal elections of the people-ths
nominees of the rum and rowdy delegates no matter
how unfit for office, carrying all before thcm accord
ing to the usages Of party in voting tor what they
call regular nominations but which ought
to be called irregular, disorderly, and mob
nominations. For instance look at the pro-
1 L.. L.. srok,
ward-voters carried to the ballot-box in scores of
wagons, from various localities /; and, in other
wards, hundreds of democrats voting for Scott or
| for Filmore-men Ignorant and stepped in crime
picked up in all the purlicus Of the city, and pur-
chased at dollar ahead and some, it is said so low
fifty CENTS to deposit in the balot-box vote they
| had never SEEN This demoralizing process is play
| ing fearful havoc with our institutions, rendering
| them, to vast extent, not only nullity, but
pervertng them to mischief-to bad and corrupt
legislation-and to the mal-administration Of pub
lie justice The judicious grieve at these results;
but what they do to arrest the progress Of the
evil =!
The following is faithful and exact description
of the system A lazy loafer, who hates to work
for living. and encouraged by the success of ward
politicians, who have grown fat upon corruption
and the spoils of Office, devotes his energies, day
and night, to the acquisition of influence in the
ward in which he resides. He spouts-he braws in
the r-room-and affects public virtue ofthe highest
| order. He is patriot of the first water and
"a clever" fellow to boot. He treats the rowdies
| whenever he meets them, and makes them his
fast friends. He is most diligent in attend
ing to all matters of public interest connected
with the ward or the city. If he has sufficient
ability, he draws up resolutions Cor public
meetings and committees, and studies the forms
| and presidents of political organizations, SO
that he has them at his fingers ends, and he is
suited an oracle upon all occasions of doubt or
difficulty, or Importance If there is An honest man
in the ward Of the same politics, who has any taste
or ambition for public affars-and especially if he
shows any aenthe takes every opportunity to blast
his character, and calls him traitor ntriguer
| demagogue, some other hard name. For the
simple and the confdings he promises to obtain
situations in the Post Office, the Custom House, and
the Police. He thus gradually acquires the influence
he seeks, and finds himself far more important
man in the ward than his neighbor, who is man of
real worth and responsibility His position is found
| out by those who want to use him. He is for sale
to the highest bidder, either to defeat his party
| by treachery, or to procure n nomination for any
scoundrel who viii pay for it. He has no politics
Of any kind. He has rascality to sell, and there
are those who are willing to purchase it in order
that they may traffic in it, and sell it themselves
again, at very high profit. For instance, the agents
ofFmore, or Scott, or Webster, come to ofthesc
ward politicians and they make a contract with
him to secure the majority of the ward. Sometimes
he succeeds completely and sometimes only partially,
as there are other politicians cunning and as mer-
cenaiy as himself, who manage to get their names
on the ticket, and, acting independently of him,
must have their price, whatever it is particularly if
they find they turn the scale, and hold the destiny
the ward or district in their hand Hence it is that
when the public imagine that ward has gone for
particular candidate-gone for Fillmore, or Scott,
or Webs,er-they astonshed to find that they